PMID- 38222209
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240116
IS  - 2168-8184 (Print)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Electronic)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 12
DP  - 2023 Dec
TI  - Rehabilitation in a Pediatric Patient Who Underwent Correction Surgery for 
      Tetralogy of Fallot: A Case Report.
PG  - e50442
LID - 10.7759/cureus.50442 [doi]
LID - e50442
AB  - Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a congenital heart defect characterized by four 
      distinct heart abnormalities, which include an overriding aorta (where the aorta 
      crosses both ventricles), a ventricular septal defect (VSD), right ventricular 
      hypertrophy (the right ventricle muscle is thickened), and pulmonary stenosis 
      (the pulmonary valve and artery are narrowed). Individuals suffering from TOF may 
      exhibit pinkness, cyanosis at baseline, or episodes of hypercyanosis. The 
      pathoanatomy of the TOF allows blood from the pulmonary and systemic circulations 
      to mix. Cyanosis is caused by the addition of deoxygenated blood from a shunt 
      that runs from right to left to the systemic circulation. In this case report, we 
      present a five-year-old female patient with a known case of TOF. The results were 
      recorded using the Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQL) Questionnaire, New York 
      Heart Association (NYHA) Dyspnoea Scale, Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale, and 
      arterial blood gas analysis. Therapy goals were to improve overall functional 
      ability, to remove secretions from airway, and the return of acceptable 
      cardiovascular function. This case report focuses on the success of the 
      cardiorespiratory rehabilitation program based on the patient's current state of 
      health. The outcome parameters confirm that patients can experience improved 
      functional recovery.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023, Bangde et al.
FAU - Bangde, Sanjivani S
AU  - Bangde SS
AD  - Community Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe 
      Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
FAU - Thakre, Vaishnavi M
AU  - Thakre VM
AD  - Community Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe 
      Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
FAU - Fating, Tejaswini
AU  - Fating T
AD  - Community Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe 
      Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
FAU - Dandekar, Aditi
AU  - Dandekar A
AD  - Community Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe 
      Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
DEP - 20231213
PL  - United States
TA  - Cureus
JT  - Cureus
JID - 101596737
PMC - PMC10784764
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - congenital heart disease
OT  - physiotherapy
OT  - tetralogy of fallot
OT  - thoracic expansion
OT  - ventricular septal defect
COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2024/01/15 06:42
MHDA- 2024/01/15 06:43
PMCR- 2023/12/13
CRDT- 2024/01/15 04:30
PHST- 2023/11/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/12/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/01/15 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2024/01/15 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/01/15 04:30 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/12/13 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7759/cureus.50442 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Cureus. 2023 Dec 13;15(12):e50442. doi: 10.7759/cureus.50442. eCollection 2023 
      Dec.