Cardiac testing and outcomes in infants after an apparent life-threatening event
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Cardiac testing and outcomes in infants after an apparent life-threatening event.
OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the yield of cardiac testing and to identify predictors of cardiac disease in infants with an apparent life-threatening event (ALTE). DESIGN Retrospective longitudinal cohort study. SETTING Paediatric hospital providing primary and tertiary care that is part of an integrated healthcare system. PATIENTS Infants hospitalised for an ALTE from 1999 to 2003. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-301668