How effectively can clinical examination pick up congenital heart disease at birth?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Patton, C ^a   Hey, E ^b  

^a WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART DISEASE; HEART MURMUR; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; ENGLAND; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NEONATAL SCREENING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING AUDIT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33745827714     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.082636     Document Type: Article

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