Undetected rheumatic heart disease revealed using portable echocardiography in a population of school students in Tairawhiti, New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1363, 2012, Pages 53-61

  Cramp, Geoffrey ^a   Stonehouse, Mary ^b   Webb, Rachel ^c   Fuller, Diane ^a   Chaffey Aupouri, Gina ^a   Wilson, Nigel ^c  

^a Tairawhiti District Health ^*  (New Zealand)

^b TAIRAWHITI DISTRICT HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PENICILLINS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS;

EID: 84867595566     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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