Utility of auscultatory screening for detecting rheumatic heart disease in high-risk children in Australia's Northern Territory

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 196-199

  Roberts, Kathryn V ^a   Brown, Alex D H ^b,c   Maguire, Graeme P ^c,d   Atkinson, David N ^e,f   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^g  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA ANOMALY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84881273114     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10520     Document Type: Article

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