Benefits of predischarge echocardiography service for postnatal heart murmurs

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Anju ^a   Desai, Tarak ^b   Miller, Paul ^b   Rasiah, Shree V ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Murmur; Postnatal ward

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGIST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MURMUR; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTNATAL CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863831236     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02687.x     Document Type: Review

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