Fall 2017 Pediatrician
Against all odds, pediatric cardiac specialists implant an adult ventricular assist device in the smallest child ever to receive the device, and then offer him a new heart rejected by 22 other transplant programs. How did this case turn out?
Facing a lethal neurovascular malformation, a multidisciplinary team collaborates to achieve the best course of care for a newborn.
For infants born with a syndrome such as Crouzon or Pfeiffer, the standard of care for treating the related condition craniosynostosis is an open operation performed approximately a year after birth. Johns Hopkins pediatric surgical specialists, however, are finding better results using a novel, less-invasive approach during the first few months of life.
A collaboration with Sibley Memorial Hospital aims to decrease delays in diagnosis and treatment of cardiac conditions in newborns.
