Talk:Blue baby syndrome
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Can we get a picture of a blue baby on here? -Matt
I'll add a photo for the article, but not sure that it will stay a very substantial article. The correct term for "blue baby syndrome" is actually "cyanosis" or "cyanotic congenital heart defect". This article should be not much more than a description of what is meant by "blue baby syndrome" and links to these other articles. bcatt 01:36, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
I have removed the following from the article because I think it belongs somewhere else, I just need to work it out and put it there. I think the info itself is very good and should be used, just not in this article.
- In 1944, the Johns Hopkins Hospital was the first to successively perform an operation to relieve this syndrome.
- On November 29, 1944, Drs. Alfred Blalock and Helen B. Taussig decided to proceed with the anastomosis, or joining, of the subclavian artery to the pulmonary artery in a cyanotic child. The procedure is now known as a Blalock-Taussig shunt.
- Dr. Taussig was convinced that the operation would help the patient,and despite the technical problems of operating on a very small and very ill child, Dr. Blalock's skill was equal to the task. Blalock worked with his surgical team and his assistant Vivien Thomas, who stood behind Blalock and offered a number of helpful suggestions in regard to the technique employed.
- The tiny child who had been at such great risk survived the operation and slowly improved. Over the succeeding days she gradually became less blue. By the end of the second postoperative week it was clear she would recover.
bcatt 06:18, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
