Dr Marc Levitt has spent the last 20 years educating surgeons, physicians, nurses and families about the complexities of congenital colorectal conditions. A large part of his time has been spent travelling nationally and internationally to teach operative techniques and management strategies for these complex children.
The decision on whether to transfuse a neonate or child can be complex. You need to carefully consider specific patient circumstances, clinical condition, response to previous transfusion and the full range of other available treatments, balancing the evidence for efficacy and improved clinical outcome against the potential risk. There are new guidelines for blood transfusions.
It is now recognized that genetic factors are the major cause of intellectual disability and autism. This presentation will provide an overview of recent advances in our understanding of these genetic factors and the application of new genetic testing technologies to provide an answers for individual families.
