Video – 2022 SOFT Medical Advisory Board Round Table

First ever SOFT Medical Advisory Board Round Table Recorded March 18, 2022 Featuring:  Dr. John C. Carey Dr. Glenn Green Dr. James Hammel Dr. Shaji Menon Dr. Scott Showalter This video is the replay of the first SOFT Medical Advisory Board Round Table hosted by Dr. John C. Carey. This Q & A style roundtable…

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Newborns with trisomy 13 or 18 can benefit from heart surgery

Republished with permission. Infants with the genetic disorders trisomy 13 or 18 are more likely to survive if they undergo heart surgery, a study from researchers at Stanford and the University of Arkansas has found. Heart surgery significantly decreases in-hospital mortality among infants with either of two genetic disorders that cause severe physical and intellectual…

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Video – Heartland Cares: Quality of Life and Family Impact in Caring for Children with Trisomy 13 and 18

Dr. Nicole Birge & Dr. Meaghann WeaverHeartland Cares: Quality of Life and Family Impact in Caring for Children with Trisomy 13 and 18. From the SOFT 2020 Virtual Conference. About Dr. Nicole Birge:Nicole Birge M.D. is the Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center Omaha.Children’s NICU is unique…

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Trisomy 18

Ethical Rounds: An Infant with T18 & VSD

PROFESSIONAL VIEWPOINT:  JOURNAL CLUB Reprinted from the SOFT Times, May/Jun/Jul 2011. Janvier A, Okah F, Farlow B, Lantos JD.  2011.  Ethical Rounds:  An infant with trisomy 18 and a ventricular septal defect.  Pediatrics 127:754-759. When I received my personal copy of the April issue of Pediatrics, my eyes immediately went to the Special Article on…

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