Using cerebral ultrasound effectively in the newborn infant

Early Human Development

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 827-835

  Leijser, Lara M ^a   de Vries, Linda S ^b   Cowan, Frances M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain; ; Cranial ultrasound; ; Newborn infant; ; Scanning protocols; ; Teaching; Timing;

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAINING;

BRAIN; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 33750616985     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.09.018     Document Type: Review

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