Diagnosis of patent ductus arteriosus by a neonatologist with a compact, portable ultrasound machine

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 291-296

  Lee, H C ^a   Silverman, N ^a   Hintz, S R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PILOT STUDY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CARDIOLOGY; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34247509635     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211693     Document Type: Article

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