Does point-of-care functional echocardiography enhance cardiovascular care in the NICU?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 729-735

  Sehgal, A ^a   McNamara, P J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; INDOMETACIN; MILRINONE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SURFACTANT;

AORTA ARCH INTERRUPTION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 55749107620     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.100     Document Type: Article

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