Newborns with trisomy 13 or 18 can benefit from heart surgery

By Terre Krotzer | February 24, 2021

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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Trisomy 18

Ethical Rounds: An Infant with T18 & VSD

By Lisa Arturo | November 12, 2012

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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Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Trisomy 18

By Jack and Dianna Aubele | January 25, 2011

PROFESSIONAL VIEWPOINT:  Journal Club KANEKO Y, KOBAYASHI J, IKUYA I, ET AL. 2009. CARDIAC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH TRISOMY 18. PEDIATR CARDIOL 30:729-734. This work, accomplished by a group at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center in Tokyo, Japan led by the first author (a cardiovascular surgeon), summarizes the outcomes of cardiac surgery in 17 infants with…

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Trisomy in Review

By Jack and Dianna Aubele | January 26, 2005

Trisomy 18, 13, & Related Disorders A Research Newsletter For Health Professionals Issue Number 1, Spring, 1993 (note: the guidance table below was updated in 2005) The following pages are from Trisomy in Review, Trisomy 18, 13, and Related Disorders, a Research Newsletter published in the spring of 1993. We hope they can provide helpful…

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