New outpatient referrals to a tertiary paediatric cardiac centre: Evidence of increasing workload and evolving patterns of referral

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-46

  Murugan, Subramanian J ^a   Thomson, John ^a   Parsons, Jonathan M ^a   Dickinson, David F ^a   Blackburn, Michael E C ^a   Gibbs, John L ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Outpatient referrals; Paediatric cardiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART DISEASE; HEART MURMUR; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRAINING; WORKLOAD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 18244400735     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105000090     Document Type: Article

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