Comparison of clinical criteria with echocardiographic findings in diagnosing PDA in preterm infants

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-164

  Alagarsamy, Sukirtha ^a   Chhabra, Manoj ^a   Gudavalli, Madhu ^a   Nadroo, Ali M ^a   Sutija, Vesna G ^a   Yugrakh, Dorina ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical criteria; Diagnosis of patent ductus arteriosus; Echocardiography; Patent ductus arteriosus; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16444381854     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2005.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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