Medical aspects of school-aged children with Down syndrome.

摘要: Current and comprehensive information about the medical issues affecting children with Down syndrome (DS) is of value in counselling parents who are considering prenatal diagnosis planning services for people DS as they age, especially given continued improvements their survival. Parents school-aged (mean age 11.37 years, 57.3% male, 42.7% female) were identified by linking registers from Disability Services Commission Birth Defects Registry. Less than half had cardiac bowel conditions. More ear conditions more three quarters eye Ear, nose, throat professionals specialists seen most often rate tympanostomy tube insertion was nearly 17 times that general childhood population. Children over five likely to wear glasses other children. These findings suggest chronic, non life-threatening impose a burden on families but do not threaten quality life.