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Failure to thrive in children with congenital heart conditions

Learn about failure to thrive and how your child's health-care team manages it.

Nutrition and heart conditions

Learn about the important role of nutrition. A heart condition can make it hard for kids to get the nutrition they need and may result in failure to thrive.

Biliary atresia in infants

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Learn about biliary atresia, a liver disease in babies, and the new screening program that is used to help identify babies with biliary atresia earlier.

Outcomes for premature babies

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Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.

Intestinal failure

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Intestinal failure is a condition in which the GI tract cannot absorb the nutrients a child needs for growth and day-to-day life. Learn more about the condition, including signs, symptoms and causes. Also find information about treatment of intestinal failure and support for children and families.

Enteral nutrition in intestinal failure

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Enteral nutrition is any method of feeding that uses the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to deliver nutrition to your child. It can include food given through their mouth or through a feeding tube.

Congestive heart failure

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The causes of heart failure in children are often very different than in adults. Discover what causes heart failure in children, how it is diagnosed and possible treatments.

Poor weight gain in infants and young children

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Read about poor weight gain, which is when a child does not grow or gain weight as expected. Learn about the causes and management of poor weight gain in infants and young children.

Decision making in the NICU

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Learn about how families and the health-care team work together to make important decisions about the care of babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

About parenteral nutrition (PN)

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Parenteral nutrition is liquid nutrition that is given to your child through an intravenous (IV) infusion if their digestive system cannot absorb or tolerate adequate food or fluids by mouth or through a feeding tube to be able to grow and thrive.

Physical activity and intestinal failure

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Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have intestinal failure.

Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome)

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Information for parents about trisomy 18, a rare genetic condition that causes developmental delay and affects many different organ systems.

Nutrition and feeding consultants for patients with congenital heart disease

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Read about various nutrition and feeding consultants, such as dietitians and lactation consultants, who work to ensure that babies and children with heart conditions receive proper nutrition.

What is intestinal failure?

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Intestinal failure is a condition in which the GI tract cannot absorb the nutrients a child needs for growth and day-to-day life. Learn about the causes and treatments.

Intestinal failure: Transitions during childhood (birth to 11 years of age)

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Find information to help you support your child with intestinal failure from birth to 11 years of age as they transition through developmental ages and stages.

Pulmonary stenosis

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Learn about pulmonary stenosis. This condition involves the pulmonary valve being unable to open completely. This results in constricted blood flow.

Vein of Galen malformation

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A vein of Galen malformation can affect the brain, heart and other organs in the body. Learn what a vein of Galen malformation is, the signs and symptoms, how it is diagnosed, and the treatment options available.

Dilated cardiomyopathy

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Learn about dilated cardiomyopathy, a stretching of the heart muscle that usually results in the heart being unable to pump effectively.

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Posterior urethral valves: Overview

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Find out what to expect if you have a child with posterior urethral valves (PUV). This document reviews the condition and how it is managed with medications, tests, interventions and surgeries.

Transitions during hospitalization for intestinal failure

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Learn tips to help navigate the transitions you and your child will experience during their hospital stay for intestinal failure and when planning to return home from the hospital.

Intestinal rehabilitation program (IRP)

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Learn what an intestinal rehabilitation program is, which areas of care are involved in an intestinal rehabilitation program and how they help children with managing intestinal failure.

Learning more about your teenager's cancer

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Learning more about your teenager’s cancer and about how to help your teen cope and thrive despite it, is one way to help reduce your stress and worries. Having some knowledge may help you feel like you have more control.

Ebstein's anomaly

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Learn about Ebstein's anomaly in children. This condition can result in heart failure or cyanosis, but it can also resolve itself without treatment.

Intestinal failure: Transitions during adolescence

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Find information to help support your teen (12 to 18 years of age) with intestinal failure transition through developmental ages and stages.