Talk:Blue baby syndrome

message: "Blue Baby" used to describe a child of parents with different rhesus factors.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/pregnancy/pregnancy_rhesus.shtml
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22008924Pokerpoodle123 (talk) 18:53, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  rh factor 

message: Atrial septal defect - is this not also a cause? (Expert needed.) - Leonard G. (talk) 03:46, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Atrial septal defect? 

message: What's up with the two instances of crude ASCII text art in the "Tetralogy of Fallot" section, added by user MelanieN on April 30. 2012?  It is visually jarring.  This is not up to Wikipedia standards and should be replaced with proper graphics, created with Inkscape or a CAD program and uploaded as Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. — QuicksilverT @ 07:43, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I make no claim of authorship or ownership of anything in that section. I simply moved it there from another article where it didn't belong. If anyone wants to improve it or replace it, feel free. I do think SOME kind of bloodflow description is helpful for the article. --MelanieN (talk) 16:15, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  ASCII art 

message: It's been mentioned before but let me bring it back to people's attention: Is the photo in the lead a good one? At least as a layperson I cannot see anything "blue" in that baby. Is it a typical photo of this condition?EMsmile (talk) 20:32, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Is the image in the lead a good one?

message: Hi, I am a 4th year medical student at the University of Central Florida, currently a part of a Wikiproject Medicine course. During the next 4 weeks I will be working on editing this article by improving the existing sections, adding sources, and ensuring that it is a cohesive, comprehensive article that can be easily understood. The hope is that this article can be useful for both patients and providers who are looking for a basic understanding of blue baby syndrome.
Organization: I will be formatting this article according to the recommendations by the Wikipedia manual of style and adding sections for signs and symptoms, mechanism, outcomes, and epidemiology.
Signs and symptoms: This will be a new section and will include the main symptom of cyanosis but will also include other common symptoms such as shortness of breath and failure to thrive. If found I will include information on the prevalence of each symptom among patients with blue baby syndrome. If additional images are found of potential physical exam findings they will be added to this section.
Causes: This section is currently well organized into cyanotic heart disease, methemoglobinemia, and other causes. It currently does a great job of explaining these causes and it provides a table with illustrations showing the cardiac defects that could lead to cyanosis. In this section, I would like to include some of the risks factors for developing blue baby syndrome such as anemia, UTI, etc. I would also like to include an area that mentions perhaps in a list format the most common causes.
Mechanism: This section will be added to the article to explain how an infant develops blue baby syndrome expanding on the most common causes that will be mentioned earlier in the article. For example, there will be information on the pathophysiology of tetralogy of fallot (TOF) and methemoglobinemia. There will also be an explanation of how hemoglobin normally functions and what occurs with it is abnormal or there is insufficient oxygen delivery.
Diagnosis: This section will be expanded to include the traditional workup that is used when an infant presents with cyanosis including history and physical exam findings. Additionally, it will include potential growth curve findings which can be specific to the infant population. This section will also include the laboratory studies and imaging studies that are needed to diagnose the common causes of blue baby syndrome such as TOF and methemoglobinemia.
Prevention or Screening: This new section will focus on current recommendations to prevent blue baby syndrome such as having a nitrate level below 10miligrams per liter in the water and limiting nitrate-rich foods in the case of methemoglobinemia. It will also include the congenital heart defects screening that is done to newborns at bedside with a pulse oximeter. 
Treatment or Management: This section will be expanded to further describe the kind of surgery that is done for TOF and to explain how methylene blue addresses methemoglobinemia. This section will also cover the use of supplemental oxygen.
Outcomes: This will be a new section to provide information on the outcomes of infants with blue baby syndrome, it will likely be specific to the direct causes of the cyanosis. 
Epidemiology: This section will provide prevalence data on the common causes of blue baby syndrome. Risk factors will also be added to this section, as well as the age range patients typically present with blue baby syndrome.
History: This section does a nice job of describing how the surgery for TOF, a cause of blue baby syndrome, was developed. If additional historical context for blue baby syndrome is found it will be added to this section.
Some of the current sources I plan on using to edit this article include the Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics and the Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation. I look forward to working on this article and welcome all input, suggestions, and comments to improve the article. Thanks!
Wikimedstudent (talk) 15:05, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
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