Murmurs: A Focused Assessment

[Assessment of heart murmurs in childhood].

OBJECTIVE To discuss clinical and laboratorial evaluation of heart murmurs in children, an important problem faced by pediatricians in their practice. SOURCES This review was based on a critical analysis of the current literature, as well as pediatrics and pediatric cardiology textbooks, which were found to be an important source of information on the subject. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS It is ...

Creating a context for growth-focused assessment

We present a naturalistic case study of one teacher’s development of a growth-centered context for classroom assessment. In-depth interviews, analysis of student work, and observations were used to identify the processes this teacher used to engage her students in the assessment process. Data were analyzed using listening guide analysis to garner a holistic perspective on the nature of teaching...

Heart murmurs.

Heart murmurs.

to this article. Introduction Heart murmurs are heard commonly in infants, children, and adolescents. Approximately 50% to 70% of individuals seen for school or sports preparticipation examinations have a heart murmur. Indeed, a murmur is heard in most children at one or more of their examinations. Because most murmurs are innocent (ie, normal), it is important to differentiate those that are a...

Detection of Cardiac Murmurs

The project describes a system for detecting cardiac murmurs so people are aware about their heart condition. The murmurs are the pathologic heart sounds that are produced because of turbulent blood flow that is enough to cause audible noise. Murmurs can be detected by a stethoscope but the accuracy level is not satisfactory. Different methods have been developed for detection and all are effic...