Physician attitude, awareness, and knowledge regarding guidelines for transcranial doppler screening in sickle cell disease

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 336-345

  Reeves, Sarah L ^a   Fullerton, Heather J ^b   Dombkowski, Kevin J ^a   Boulton, Matthew L ^a   Braun, Thomas M ^a   Lisabeth, Lynda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

children; guidelines; sickle cell disease; survey; transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMATOLOGIST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RISK REDUCTION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84925615673     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922814553429     Document Type: Article

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