Managed care network for the assessment of cardiac problems in children in a district general hospital: A working model

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 892-895

  Pushparajah, K ^b   Garvie, D ^b   Hickey, A ^b   Qureshi, S A ^a,c  

^a EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SCREENING;

CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 33750615384     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.086058     Document Type: Article

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