A baby girl is admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit shortly after birth. It was noted at delivery that the child had widely spaced nipples and webbing of the neck. Furtherevaluation noteda heart murmur, edematous feet, and difficulty palpating or locating the pulse in the groin. An echocardiogram is ordered, and the child is diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta (a narrowing of the aorta that causes the left ventricle of the heart to pump against higher resistance, which can lead to heart failure). As a result of the nature of the symptoms, a geneticist is consulted and the newborn is diagnosed with Turnersyndrome. The family meets with the physicians to discuss the ramifications of this diagnosis. The physicians explain that the child has an abnormal numberof chromosomes. This particular syndrome is designated as

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A baby girl is admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit shortly after birth. It was noted at delivery
that the child had widely spaced nipples and webbing of the neck. Furtherevaluation noteda heart
murmur, edematous feet, and difficulty palpating or locating the pulse in the groin. An echocardiogram
is ordered, and the child is diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta (a narrowing of the aorta that causes
the left ventricle of the heart to pump against higher resistance, which can lead to heart failure). As a
result of the nature of the symptoms, a geneticist is consulted and the newborn is diagnosed with
Turnersyndrome. The family meets with the physicians to discuss the ramifications of this diagnosis.
The physicians explain that the child has an abnormal numberof chromosomes. This particular
syndrome is designated as
Transcribed Image Text:A baby girl is admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit shortly after birth. It was noted at delivery that the child had widely spaced nipples and webbing of the neck. Furtherevaluation noteda heart murmur, edematous feet, and difficulty palpating or locating the pulse in the groin. An echocardiogram is ordered, and the child is diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta (a narrowing of the aorta that causes the left ventricle of the heart to pump against higher resistance, which can lead to heart failure). As a result of the nature of the symptoms, a geneticist is consulted and the newborn is diagnosed with Turnersyndrome. The family meets with the physicians to discuss the ramifications of this diagnosis. The physicians explain that the child has an abnormal numberof chromosomes. This particular syndrome is designated as
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