Pilot study of nurse-led rheumatic heart disease echocardiography screening in Fiji - A novel approach in a resource-poor setting

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 546-552

  Colquhoun, Samantha M ^a,b   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a   Kado, Joseph H ^c   Reeves, Benjamin M ^d   Remenyi, Boglarka ^a,e   May, William ^f   Wilson, Nigel J ^e   Steer, Andrew C ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Fiji Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

^d CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Developing countries; public health; screening

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIJI; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL REGURGITANT JET LENGTH; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; EDUCATION, NURSING; FIJI; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880234272     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951112001321     Document Type: Article

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