Routine ECG screening in infancy and early childhood should not be performed

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2322-2327

  Skinner, Jonathan R ^a,b,c   Van Hare, George F ^d,e  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Long QT syndrome; Screening; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CARDIOLOGIST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; QT INTERVAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNCERTAINTY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEONATAL SCREENING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919340096     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.09.046     Document Type: Article

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