Neonatologist-performed functional echocardiography in the neonatal intensive care unit

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-60

  El Khuffash, Afif F ^a   McNamara, Patrick J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional echocardiography; Neonatology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HYPOVOLEMIA; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGAN PERFUSION; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL PULSED WAVE DOPPLER;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 78650583735     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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