Missed diagnosis of critical congenital heart disease

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 969-974

  Chang, Ruey Kang R ^a   Gurvitz, Michelle ^b   Rodriguez, Sandra ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 53849112616     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.10.969     Document Type: Article

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