Teaching should also include how to recognize serious hypoxic spells, which can cause cyanosis, deep, sighing respirations and loss of consciousness. “The child may have an increased risk for infective endocarditis therefore they may be prescribed antibiotics before medical or dental procedures. The family should be taught to reduce the risk of infective endocarditis; the child’s teeth should be gently brushed every day as soon as they begin to come in and sees a dentist regularly (Tetralogy of Fallots, 2013).
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