Variability of four limb blood pressure in normal neonates

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Crossland, D S ^a   Furness, J C ^b   Abu Karb, M ^c   Sadagopan, S N ^d   Wren, C ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; AORTA COARCTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; FORELIMB; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEG; LEG BLOOD FLOW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEG; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3042706258     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.034322     Document Type: Review

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