Survival Rate

what is my survial rate/ life expectancy if i was born with Tetralogy of the Fallot and have had 2 surgeries to repair it when i was younger? i have to go in for a third soon because i have also in the last few years developed pulmonary stenosis which came from the TOF. im just wondering because i would really like to know. the past 6 months have been getting worse and worse and ive also been having Congestive Heart Failure signs. I'm 20 right now.
ive also heard that after 25 the rate drops dramitcally and at 40 its very rare to survive past that.
this is for turtlelovin or whatever the **** your name is. i think it is very RUDE to act like you treat TOF when it is a very serious problem. i read your other questions and personally you sound like some dumb ***** who is just bored and has nothing better to do. i really dont appreciate that remark. if your not going to make a serious response about a very serious question then dont say anything at all.

Tetralogy of Fallot has four key features. A ventricular septal defect (a hole between the ventricles) and many levels of obstruction from the right ventricle to the lungs (pulmonary stenosis) are the most important. Also, the aorta (major artery from the heart to the body) lies directly over the ventricular septal defect, and the right ventricle develops thickened muscle. Because the aorta overrides the ventricular defect and there's pulmonary stenosis, blood from both ventricles (oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor) is pumped into the body. Sometimes the pulmonary valve is completely obstructed (pulmonary atresia). Infants and young children with unrepaired tetralogy of Fallot are often blue (cyanotic). The reason is that some oxygen-poor blood is pumped to the body. Tetralogy of Fallot is treated surgically. A temporary operation may be done at first if the baby is small. Complete repair comes later. Sometimes, the first operation is a complete intracardiac repair. In small and very blue infants, a shunt operation may be done first to provide adequate blood flow to the lungs. This lets the baby grow big enough to have a full repair. The shunt is built between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. The shunt is removed when a complete intracardiac repair is done later. Complete repair tends to be done early in life. Once it was more common to do a temporary operation first and a complete repair later in childhood. To do a complete repair, the surgeon closes the ventricular septal defect with a patch and opens the right ventricular outflow tract by removing some thickened muscle below the pulmonary valve, repairing or removing the pulmonary valve and enlarging the peripheral pulmonary arteries that go to both lungs. Sometimes a tube is placed between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. This is sometimes called a Rastelli repair.
With regard to Pulmonary Stenosis, the pulmonary valve opens to let blood flow from the right ventricle to the lungs. Narrowing of the pulmonary valve (valvar pulmonary stenosis) causes the right ventricle to pump harder to get blood past the blockage. If the stenosis is severe, especially in babies, some cyanosis (blueness) may occur. Older children usually have no symptoms. Treatment is needed when the pressure in the right ventricle is high (even though there may be no symptoms). In most children the obstruction can be relieved during cardiac catheterization by balloon valvuloplasty. In this procedure, a special catheter containing a balloon is placed across the pulmonary valve. The balloon is inflated and the valve is stretched open. In other patients surgery may be needed. During surgery the valve can usually be opened so that it works well again.The outlook after balloon valvuloplasty or surgery is favorable. Still, follow-up is needed to find out if the heart works normally. Children with pulmonary stenosis are at risk for an infection of the valve (endocarditis) before and after surgery. You should get antibiotics such as amoxicillin before dental work and certain surgeries to help prevent endocarditis. Good dental hygiene lowers the risk of endocarditis, too. Ask your cardiologist for more information about dental hygiene and preventing endocarditis.
In all cases requiring more detailed information your doctor should be consulted or a doctor specialising in the conditions you are enquiring about.
Hope this helps
Matador 89

2007-01-09 14:34:02 by chrissy

One of my best friends just had a baby this morning at 23 1/2 weeks. The baby weighed a little over one pound. She's at a good hospital for premature births and the doctors say that she is getting good oxygen and her heart rate is doing well. Does anyone know the survival rate or have an encouraging story to tell?? Please keep them in your prayers. Thank you.

I don't have any stats for you, but I do have an encouraging story.

My best friend's sister went into premature labour at 22-23 weeks and delivered a little girl who still weighed less than a pound. The baby was kept in the hospital NICU for quite a awhile, but did well. She is now 2.5 years old and has some problems (needs glasses, has some hearing loss and is prone to getting chest infections) but otherwise is a healthy and happy child.

I'm sorry that your friend has had to go through this, but know that there is every possibility that her child will not only survive but grow up just fine!

Stay positive, and if you pray, pray... I will be too :)

2008-11-19 09:01:49 by U1S2K3O4

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My uncle has water in the lungs and an unidentified infection in the lungs. I want to know whatthe survival rate is.

As Paramedic above mentioned, pulmonary oedema very often results as a secondary effect of underlying illness/diseases.Eg: Cardiac failure and kidney failure. Even it can be a iatrogenic when too much of iv fluids or blood products are infused within a short span of time. Irrespective of the reasons, the victim suffers with breathing difficulty, expectorating frothy secretions, anxiety and so on.
Normally, it is treated with intravenous Frusemide, and Oxygen supplement.
It is often difficult to predict the survival rate which is primarily due to the pulmonary oedema as it relays on the underlying disease and condition that causes this symptom.
Very often person with a cardiac failure has to undertake specific treatment to alleviate the symptoms. Likewise, person with kidney failure might require a regular dialysis to prevent the complications of fluid overload.
In worst case, the person will be transferred to ICU setting to support the breathing via CPAP(which is effective to person with pulm.oedema) and to support the other organ failure.
Hope, this helps.

2008-01-22 12:58:25 by Natalie H

I'm doing a science research project where I am measuring the survival rate of the bacteria serratia marcesens on 3 different surfaces- copper, stainless steel, and copper alloy. At different time intervals, the amount of bacteria on each surface has to somehow be measured, but I am having a difficult time coming up with an experimental design. Any ideas?

Typically, plated cultures are "measured" by the number of individual colonies present, and/or their diameter.

I assume you will start with a liquid innoculum. If you use the same liquid innoculum, and you pipette a known amount of liquid onto your particular surface, spread it, and count how many colonies (and their size just for anecdotal data) after a given period of time, this will give a good comparative basis to see how the bacteria survive under the particular conditions. Don't forget to include a control plate (a simple LB agar plate should suffice).

Hope I've helped!

2010-01-04 00:26:25 by karen

I need to know the survival rate for people with brain cancer in the 40's, along with websites that state them.

We did not keep track in the 1940s.

2009-11-03 17:01:41 by Conrad Poohs