OUTPATIENT EVALUATION OF INNOCENT MURMURS IN CHILDREN: UTILIZATION BENCHMARKING.

Factors associated with healthcare utilization among children with noncardiac chest pain and innocent heart murmurs.

OBJECTIVE To examine differences in factors related to health care utilization (HCU) among children eventually diagnosed with noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) or an innocent heart murmur (IHM). METHODS 67 pediatric patients with NCCP and 62 with IHM and their parent/guardian completed paper-and-pencil measures of psychological functioning and past HCU during an initial visit to the cardiologist's...

Innocent Cardiovascular Murmurs in the Adult.

The graphic configuration of innocent systolic murmurs.

The systolic murmurs heard in healthy subjects used to be called " functional " murmurs. White et al. (1942) recommended the term " physiologic." Evans (1947) called these murmurs " innocent." Others have called them " incidental,' "' accidental,'' or "' murmurs of unknown origin." The decision that a systolic murmur is innocent usually depends not only on the character of the murmur itself, bu...

Innocent murmurs and third heart sounds in Black schoolchildren.

Normal auscultatory findings were studied during a heart survey in which 12 050 Black schoolchildren, aged 2 to 18 years, were examined by cardiologists. Physiological third heart sounds were detected in 96 per cent of children, innocent systolic murmurs in 72 per cent, and innocent mid-diastolic murmurs in 0.27 per cent. The term 'innocent systolic murmur" was used for vibratory systolic murmu...

Internalizing symptoms and functional disability in children with noncardiac chest pain and innocent heart murmurs.

OBJECTIVE To examine the occurrence of internalizing symptoms and functional disability in children with noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) compared with children with innocent heart murmurs (IHMs). METHOD 67 children with NCCP (M [SD] age = 12.61 [2.63]; 68.7% Caucasian) and 62 children with IHM (M [SD] age = 12.67 [2.62]; 50% Caucasian) were recruited from pediatric cardiology offices. Children a...