Esophageal Atresia

Sign/Symptoms
Breathing Painful or Difficult Cough Drooling (Dribbling) Oesophagus: Incomplete Formation Skin Bluish Coloration (Cyanosis) Sneezing Swallowing Difficulty (Dysphagia)

Drugs

Our Records are Incomplete for Drugs

Treatments
Surgery Surgical Repair Gastrostomy Gastric Pull-Up Colonic Transposition Jejunum Transposition Cervical Esophagostomy Medical Therapy Gastrostomy Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Cervical Esophagostomy Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Colonic Transposition Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Jejunum Transposition Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Gastric Pull-Up Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Surgical Repair Weakly in Favour Low Evidence

Attributes
Age = Infant Incidence is approximately 1 in 4,425 people

Further Tests
Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) (Increased) Fetal Nuchal Translucency (FNT on Ultrasound) Fetal Nuchal Thickness on Ultrasound (Pregnancy Weeks 10 to 14) (Increased)

Summary References

Treatments:

1. http://www.aafp.org/afp/990215ap/910.html

2. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000961.htm

3. http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/special/birth/345.printerview.html

4. http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site1775/mainpageS1775P0.html

5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part=tef-ov

6. http://www.esophagealatresia.org/

7. http://www.ucsfhealth.org/childrens/edu/atresia.pdf

8. http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/digest/tracheo.html

9. http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/000961.htm

10. http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/e/esophageal_atresia/intro.htm

11. http://healthguide.howstuffworks.com/esophageal-atresia-dictionary.htm

12. http://www.atresia.info/esophageal-atresia.htm

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