Blood flow in the common carotid artery in term and preterm infants: Reproducibility and relation to cardiac output

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Sinha, A K ^a   Cane, C ^b   Kempley, S T ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTPUT; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TERM BIRTH; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 30344477655     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.058172     Document Type: Article

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