The Treatment of Blue Baby Syndrome
Overview
In 1944 a small, frail child was wheeled into the operating room at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. As the doctors prepared for surgery, the team in t...
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Blue Baby Operation
Before 1944, babies born with cyanosis—bluish skin caused by lack of oxygen in the blood--either died or lived with painful physical defects. The plight of these "blue babies...
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Blue Baby Operation
Before 1944, babies born with cyanosis—bluish skin caused by lack of oxygen in the blood--either died or lived with painful physical defects. The plight of these "blue babies...
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Blue-Baby Syndrome
Blue-baby syndrome (or infant cyanosis) occurs in infants who drink water with a high concentration of nitrate or are fed formula prepared with water containing high nitrate level...
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