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Ella’s story: Two rare diseases and the NICU roller coaster ride
“Everyone tells you that the NICU is a roller coaster ride. What they don’t tell you is that it’s a customized roller coaster ride just for you. You never know what’s coming at you next,” says Carrie Shea, whose daughter Ella spent her first three months of life in Boston Children’s Hospital NICU. Today, Ella is a “remarkably normal little girl,” says Carrie. It’s quite a feat for the three-year-old who was born with GACI (generalized arterial calcification of infancy), an extremely rare condition with an 85 percent mortality rate, and diagnosed with PKU (phenylketonuria), a second rare genetic disorder, ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - March 5, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lisa Fratt Tags: Our patients’ stories Source Type: news

The 2014 Canadian Hypertension Education Program Recommendations for Blood Pressure Measurement, Diagnosis, Assessment of Risk, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension
Publication date: May 2014 Source:Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 30, Issue 5 Author(s): Kaberi Dasgupta , Robert R. Quinn , Kelly B. Zarnke , Doreen M. Rabi , Pietro Ravani , Stella S. Daskalopoulou , Simon W. Rabkin , Luc Trudeau , Ross D. Feldman , Lyne Cloutier , Ally Prebtani , Robert J. Herman , Simon L. Bacon , Richard E. Gilbert , Marcel Ruzicka , Donald W. McKay , Tavis S. Campbell , Steven Grover , George Honos , Ernesto L. Schiffrin , Peter Bolli , Thomas W. Wilson , Patrice Lindsay , Michael D. Hill , Shelagh B. Coutts , Gord Gubitz , Mark Gelfer , Michel Vallée , G.V. Ramesh Prasad , Marcel Lebel , D...
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - November 1, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research