Cyanotic Sentence Examples

Cyanotic defects result in a blue discoloration of the skin due to low oxygen levels.

Heart disorders that cause a decreased, inadequate amount of oxygen in blood pumped to the body are called cyanotic defects.

Cyanotic defects include truncus arteriosus, total anomalous pulmonary venous return, tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, tricuspid atresia, and pulmonary atresia.

The child cries or gasps, forcibly exhales, stops breathing, and turns either blue (cyanotic form) or pale (pallid form).

About 60 percent of affected children have the cyanotic form of BHS, in which the skin and lips turn bluish.

This type of breath holding spell also is called type 1, red-blue form, or cyanotic infantile syncope.

Cyanotic breath holding spells typically begin when children are in a negative or oppositional phase and are starting to assert their independence.

Cyanotic BHS may be a component of a temper tantrum or a child's attempt to gain control over a situation.

In a cyanotic BHS the long exhalation following crying causes breathing to stop.

However, in some situations a child may learn how to trigger a cyanotic BHS.

Seizures are much more likely with the pallid form than with the cyanotic form of BHS.

The only treatment for cyanotic BHS is to not encourage or reward the behavior.

It is possible that behavior therapy may help a child who suffers from frequent cyanotic spells.

The cyanotic form usually peaks at about two years of age and is rare past the age of five.

Children with cyanotic episodes are not at a greater risk for syncope as adults.

It is the most common reason for cyanotic heart disease in newborns accounting for 5 to 7 percent of all infants with congenital heart disease.

The main symptom is a cyanotic or blue baby appearance, caused by a general lack of oxygen in the body's tissues.

First, the baby turns blue (cyanotic) because of the deoxygenated blood that bypasses the lungs.

Babies with tetralogy of Fallot are blue at birth or cyanotic.

If blood without much oxygen is being delivered to the body, the legs and toes will turn blue or cyanotic.

A doctor should be called if a baby delivered outside of a hospital setting is observed to have any difficulty in breathing or whose skin becomes blue in color (cyanotic).