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Esophageal Atresia
Condition / disease reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
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Condition overview
Attributes
Linked signs and symptoms
7Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
Linked drugs / medications
0No linked drugs are listed yet.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
12Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Medical therapy
6Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
4These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
Biological and test markers
2This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
2- Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 8–18 ULinked diagnostic tests1Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI)
- Fetal Nuchal Thickness on Ultrasound (Pregnancy Weeks 10 to 14)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 2.18–2.5Linked diagnostic tests1Fetal Nuchal Translucency (FNT on Ultrasound)
Often decreased
0No markers in this group.
Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Esophageal Atresia
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