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ʻO ka patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) kahi kūlana o ka naʻau kahi e waiho ai kahi kīʻaha koko e pono e pani ma hope o ka hānau ʻana. ʻO kēia wehe ʻana, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka ductus arteriosus, e hoʻohui mau ana i ʻelua mau kīʻaha koko nui kokoke i ka naʻau i ka wā hāpai e kōkua ai i ke koko e hala i nā māmā o ke pēpē. Ke pani ʻole ʻia ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopilikia i ke kahe ʻana o ke koko ma o kou naʻau a me kou mau māmā.
Hana ʻia ka patent ductus arteriosus i ka wā e pani ʻole ai kahi pilina kīʻaha koko maoli e like me ka mea e pono ai ma hope o ka hānau ʻana. I ka wā hāpai, ʻaʻole pono nā pēpē e hoʻohana i ko lākou mau māmā no ka oxygen, no laila, kōkua kēia kīʻaha i ke koko e lele i nā māmā.
Ke hānau ʻia ke pēpē a hoʻomaka e hanu, pono e pani kēia pilina i loko o nā lā mua o ke ola. Ke waiho ʻia, e kahe ke koko ma waena o ka aorta (ka artery nui o ke kino) a me ka pulmonary artery (ka mea e lawe ai i ke koko i nā māmā).
Hoʻokau kēia kahe koko keu i ka naʻau a me nā māmā i ka manawa lōʻihi. Hiki i ke kūlana ke hele mai nā hihia māmā loa e pilikia iki i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole ʻike nui nā kānaka me nā PDA liʻiliʻi i kekahi hōʻailona, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā kamaliʻi. Ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona, hoʻomohala pinepine lākou i ka manawa e hana nui ai ka naʻau e pump i ke koko keu.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
I nā hihia ʻoi aku ka nui, e hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻeha i ka umauma a i ʻole ke ʻike i kou puʻuwai e holo wikiwiki ana ʻoiai e hoʻomaha ana. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe kahi kala uliuli i ko lākou ʻili, lehelehe, a i ʻole nā kūpuna, kahi e hana ai ke nele i ka oxygen i ke koko.
Hoʻomaka pinepine kēia mau hōʻailona ke ʻoi aku ka nui o kou mau makahiki, ʻoiai ua hana nui ka puʻuwai no nā makahiki he nui. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ʻo ka ʻike koke ʻana i kēia mau hōʻailona e kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka mālama kūpono.
Hana ʻia ka Patent ductus arteriosus ke hana pono ʻole ka hana pani maʻamau ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, akā ʻaʻole maopopo mau i nā kauka ke kumu o kēia. Pono e pani kūlohelohe ka ductus arteriosus i loko o 2-3 mau lā ma hope o ka hānau ʻana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka oxygen a me ka loli ʻana o kekahi mau hormones.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i ka hiki ke ulu ʻana o ka PDA:
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā pēpē hānau mua no ka mea ʻaʻohe manawa lawa o kā lākou ductus arteriosus e hoʻomohala i ka hiki ke pani pono. I kekahi mau hihia kakaikahi, hiki i ka paia o ka moku ke loaʻa nā pilikia kūkulu e pale aku i ka pani maʻamau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa, hana ʻia ka PDA me ke kumu maopopo ʻole, a he mea nui e ʻike ʻaʻole ʻoe a i ʻole kou mau mākua i hana i kēia kūlana.
E pono ʻoe ke hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau hōʻailona e hōʻike ana e hana nui ana kou naʻau ma mua o ka maʻamau. He mea nui loa kēia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hanu pōkole i ka wā o nā hana i maʻalahi ma mua.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
No nā mākua, he mea nui ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻailona i nā keiki e like me ka hānai maikaʻi ʻole, ka hou nui ʻana i ka wā e ʻai ai, a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻole o ke kaumaha e like me ka manaʻo. Hiki nō hoʻi i nā maʻi hanu pinepine a i ʻole ka luhi nui ma mua o nā keiki ʻē aʻe i ka wā pāʻani ke lilo i mau hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo.
ʻOiai inā he māmā nā hōʻailona, ʻo ka loiloi koke ʻana e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia ma hope. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoholo inā pili kāu mau hōʻailona i ka PDA a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe.
Loaʻa kekahi mau kumu e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka wehe ʻana o ka ductus arteriosus ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau kumu pilikia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka PDA. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea ke kōkua i ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumu o ka nui o ka pilikia o kekahi poʻe ma mua o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui loa e komo pū ana:
ʻO kekahi mau kumu pilikia ʻaʻole pinepine loa, ʻo ia ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana i kekahi mau kemika a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hāpai, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hemahema naʻau ʻē aʻe i ka wā hānau. Hiki nō hoʻi i nā makuahine e inu nui ana i ka waiʻona i ka wā hāpai ke loaʻa nā pēpē me ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe.
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole ulu ka PDA i nā pēpē he nui me kēia mau kumu pilikia, ʻoiai ke ulu nei i nā mea ʻē aʻe me nā kumu pilikia ʻike ʻole ʻia. He paʻakikī ka pilina o nā kumu kūlohelohe a me nā kumu kūlohelohe a ke aʻo mau nei nā mea noiʻi.
Ke liʻiliʻi ka PDA, nui ka poʻe e ola ana i ke ola maʻamau me ka ʻole o nā pilikia. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā puka nui ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia ma hope o ka manawa e hana nui ai ka naʻau a me nā māmā e mālama i ke kahe koko keu.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa āu e hālāwai ai, ʻo ia:
ʻO ka hāʻule o ka naʻau, maʻamau, ulu mālie i nā makahiki he nui. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka luhi hou, ka pehu ʻana o kou mau wāwae a i ʻole kou ʻōpū, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu ke moe pālahalaha.
Loaʻa ka pulmonary hypertension i ka wā e hōʻino ai ke kahe koko keu i nā kīʻaha koko liʻiliʻi i loko o kou mau māmā. Hiki i kēia ke lilo i mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi ʻia ma hope, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai ka mālama koke no nā PDA nui.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke pale ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilikia me ka mālama kūpono. ʻOiai ke loaʻa mai nā pilikia, hiki ke mālama pono ʻia ka nui me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā hoʻololi ʻano ola.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka ʻike ʻana i ka PDA i ka lohe ʻana o kāu kauka i kahi leo puʻuwai kūpono ʻole i kapa ʻia he murmur i ka wā o ka nānā maʻamau. He ʻano ʻano “e like me nā mīkini” kēia murmur hiki i nā kauka akamai ke ʻike.
E kauoha paha kāu kauka i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua e hōʻoia i ka ʻike a loiloi i ka nui o ke kūlana. ʻO ka echocardiogram ka hoʻokolohua mua a nui loa - hoʻohana ia i nā hawewe leo e hana i nā kiʻi neʻe o kou puʻuwai.
Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua hou ke komo pū:
Hiki i ka echocardiogram ke hōʻike pololei i kahi o ka wehe ʻana, pehea ka nui, a me ke kuhikuhi e kahe ana ke koko ma laila. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hoʻoholo inā pono ka mālama a me ke ʻano e hana maikaʻi loa.
I kekahi manawa, ʻike ʻia ka PDA i ka wā hāpai ma o ka fetal echocardiography, ʻoi aku inā kānalua ʻia nā pilikia puʻuwai ʻē aʻe. I nā hihia ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole paha ia e ʻike ʻia a hiki i ka wā makua ke ulu nā hōʻailona a i ʻole i ka wā o ka loiloi no nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe.
Aia ka mālama ʻana no ka PDA ma nā mea he nui, me ka nui o ka wehe ʻana, kou makahiki, a inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i nā hōʻailona. Hiki i nā PDA liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole e hoʻoulu i nā pilikia ke pono wale i ka nānā maʻamau me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopili ʻana.
No nā PDA e pono ai ka mālama, loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau koho:
ʻO ka Indomethacin kahi lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki ke kōkua i ka pani ʻana o ka ductus ma ke ʻano kūlohelohe i nā pēpē ʻōpio loa. Hana maikaʻi loa kēia i loko o nā lā mua o ke ola a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i nā pēpē hānau mua.
Ua lilo ka pani ʻana o ka transcatheter i ka mālama i makemake ʻia no ka hapa nui o nā PDA e pono ai ka hoʻoponopono. I loko o kēia kaʻina hana, ke alakaʻi nei kekahi cardiologist i kahi mea pani liʻiliʻi ma o kahi moku koko e pani i ka puka. Hana ʻia kēia ʻoiai ʻoe ma lalo o ka anesthesia, akā ʻaʻole pono ka ʻoki ʻana.
Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ka pani ʻana o ka ʻoki kino inā nui loa ka PDA a i ʻole ke ʻano i kahi e paʻakikī ai ka pani ʻana o ka transcatheter. Hoʻopili ka ʻoki ʻana i ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻoki liʻiliʻi ma waena o kou mau iwi ʻaoʻao e hiki ai i ka naʻau a pani mau i ka puka.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi PDA liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole pono i ka mālama koke, aia kekahi mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ka home e noho olakino ai a nānā i kou kūlana. ʻO ke kī ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino naʻau maikaʻi ma ke nānā ʻana i nā loli i kou mau hōʻailona.
Eia kekahi mau hana mālama ponoʻī koʻikoʻi:
He mea nui ka ʻike ʻana i kou mau palena i ka hana kino. ʻOiai he pono ka hoʻoikaika kino, pono ʻoe e hoʻōki a hoʻomaha inā manaʻo ʻoe he pōkole loa kou hanu, ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ʻeha umauma.
Mālama i ka helu ʻana o kekahi mau hōʻailona hou a i ʻole nā hoʻololi i kou manaʻo i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka mea kōkua e mālama i kahi moʻolelo maʻalahi e hoʻomaopopo ana i ko lākou pae ikehu, hanu, a me nā manaʻo kūikawā.
E hōʻoia e hele i nā hālāwai kūkā hope loa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia me kāu kauka naʻau, ʻoiai inā maikaʻi kou manaʻo. Ke kōkua nei ka nānā mau ʻana i ka hopu ʻana i nā loli koke a e hōʻoia i kūpono kāu papa hana lapaʻau.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ʻana no kāu hālāwai me ke kauka naʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka mea nui loa mai kāu kipa a e hōʻoia i loaʻa i kāu kauka nā ʻike āpau e pono ai e hāʻawi i ka mālama maikaʻi loa. E hoʻomaka ma ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā hopena hoʻokolohua mua a i ʻole nā moʻolelo lapaʻau e pili ana i kou maʻi naʻau.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e kākau i lalo:
E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i nā hiʻohiʻona kūikawā o ke ʻano o nā hōʻailona i kou ola o kēlā me kēia lā. No ka laʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke piʻi i nā alapiʻi me ka ʻole o ka luhi? Pono ʻoe e hoʻomaha i nā hana āu i hana maʻalahi ai ma mua?
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau āpau i kēia manawa, me nā inoa pololei, nā nui, a me ka pinepine o kāu lawe ʻana. Mai poina e hoʻokomo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka pākaukau, nā wikamina, a me nā mea hoʻohui lāʻau.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi lālā ʻohana hilinaʻi a hoaaloha paha e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i nā ʻike koʻikoʻi i kūkākūkā ʻia i ka wā o ka hālāwai. Hiki iā lākou ke noʻonoʻo i nā nīnau āu i noʻonoʻo ʻole ai.
ʻO ka patent ductus arteriosus he kūlana naʻau e hiki ke mālama ʻia, a ʻokoʻa ka hopena ma nā kānaka ma muli o ka nui o ka puka a me nā kumu pilikino. He nui nā kānaka me nā PDA liʻiliʻi e ola ana i nā ola maʻamau loa, ʻoiai ke loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka pōmaikaʻi nui mai ka mālama ʻana e hiki pinepine ke hana ʻia me ka ʻole o ka ʻoki nui.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama kūpono e hiki ke pale aku i ka hapa nui o nā pilikia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e like me ka hanu pōkole a i ʻole ka luhi i wehe ʻole ʻia, mai kānalua e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka.
He nui ka hopena o nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou no ka PDA a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana ma mua o ka wā ma mua. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e pono ai ka mālama ʻana e ola i nā ola ikaika a olakino me ka liʻiliʻi o nā palena.
E noho pili me kāu hui olakino, e hahai i kā lākou mau ʻōlelo aʻo, a mai hoʻokuʻu i ka hopohopo e pili ana i kou kūlana e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka leʻaleʻa ʻana i ke ola. Me ka mālama kūpono a me ka nānā ʻana, ʻaʻole pono ka PDA e kaupalena nui i kou mau pahuhopu a i ʻole nā hana.
ʻAʻole maikaʻi, nā PDA e pani koke ʻole i nā mākua. ʻOiai hiki i ka ductus arteriosus ke pani maoli i nā mahina mua o ke ola, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ke kōkua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā pēpē ma mua o ka manawa, e lilo kēia i mea ʻaʻole hiki ke hana ma hope o ka makahiki mua. Inā he mākua ʻoe me ka PDA, e noho paha ka puka ke pani ʻole ʻia me ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, he nui nā mākua me nā PDA liʻiliʻi e ola ana i nā ola maʻamau me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka PDA hiki ke hoʻoikaika kino me ka palekana, akā, ʻo ke ʻano a me ka ikaika e hilinaʻi ana i kou kūlana kūikawā. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi PDA liʻiliʻi me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona, hiki pinepine iā ʻoe ke komo i nā hana maʻamau a pau, me nā haʻuki hoʻokūkū. Eia naʻe, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi PDA nui a i ʻole nā hōʻailona e like me ka hanu pōkole, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku e pale aku i nā hana ikaika loa. E kūkākūkā mau i kāu mau hoʻolālā hoʻoikaika kino me kāu cardiologist e kiʻi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo pilikino ma muli o kou kūlana.
He nui nā wāhine me ka PDA hiki ke loaʻa nā hāpai palekana a olakino, akā, e hilinaʻi ana kēia i ka nui o kāu PDA a inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau pilikia. ʻAʻole pinepine nā PDA liʻiliʻi e hoʻoulu i nā pilikia i ka wā hāpai. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā PDA nui a i ʻole nā mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka hypertension pulmonary ke hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka hāpai. Inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā e hāpai, e kūkākūkā me kāu cardiologist a me kāu obstetrician ma mua e hana i kahi hoʻolālā mālama palekana.
ʻOiai hiki i ka PDA ke holo i nā ʻohana i kekahi manawa, ʻaʻole ka hapa nui o nā keiki o nā mākua me ka PDA e loaʻa iā lākou iho ke kūlana. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia ma mua o ka heluna kanaka maʻamau, akā he haʻahaʻa loa ia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka PDA a ke hoʻolālā nei ʻoe e loaʻa nā keiki, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka fetal echocardiography i ka wā hāpai e nānā i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka naʻau o kāu pēpē. Hiki i ka ʻōlelo aʻo genetic ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i nā kumu pilikia kūikawā o kou ʻohana.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻōla e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hana i hana ʻia iā ʻoe. Ma hope o ka pani ʻana o ka transcatheter (ka hana ma o ka catheter), hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻi i nā hana maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau lā a i hoʻokahi pule paha. Malia paha he ʻeha ʻili ma kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka catheter, akā e hoʻōla koke kēia. ʻO ka pani ʻana ma ke ʻano ʻoki kino e koi pinepine i ka hoʻōla lōʻihi - maʻamau he 2-4 mau pule ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i nā hana maʻamau a me 6-8 mau pule ma mua o ka hāpai kaumaha a i ʻole ka hoʻoikaika nui. E hāʻawi mai kāu kauka i nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu hana a me ke kaʻina hoʻōla pilikino.
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