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Blue Baby

Blue baby is condition in which the skin of an infant appears to be blue due to low oxygen levels in the blood (see fig. 1). This is usually caused by a congenital defect of the heart that prevents oxygenated blood from circulating to the body.

Figure 1: Infant born with a congenital heart defect that causes low oxygenation levels in the blood.

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