Failure to diagnose critical heart malformations in newborns before discharge - An increasing problem?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-413

  Mellander, Mats ^a   Sunnegårdh, Jan ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Newborn; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SWEDEN;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; NEONATAL SCREENING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33646671978     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250500541910     Document Type: Article

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