Transitional medicine: Will emergency medicine physicians be ready for the growing population of adults with congenital heart disease?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 775-781

  Cross, Keith P ^a   Santucci, Karen A ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Training; Transitional medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33845969553     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000245178.13418.4f     Document Type: Article

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