Management of asymptomatic heart murmurs.

Autor:	Gladman, Gordon
Předmět:	HEART murmurs in children HEART murmurs CHILD patients ANXIETY PARENTS MEDICAL personnel THERAPEUTICS MEDICAL protocols MEDICAL referrals CHILDREN DIAGNOSIS
Zdroj:	Paediatrics & Child Health; Feb2013, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p64-68, 5p
Abstrakt:	Asymptomatic cardiac murmurs are a common finding in paediatric patients with some estimates suggesting that 90% of children have a murmur detected at some stage. Most are benign ‘innocent’ noises or reflect minor structural heart disease of no haemodynamic significance. The degree of parental anxiety invoked by the detection of a murmur in their child is considerable and although in virtually all cases their concerns of significant underlying cardiac disease are unjustified, providing adequate reassurance is a challenge for the health professionals involved. The aim of this article is to guide practitioners in determining which babies or children need urgent referral for a specialist opinion and to provide management suggestions for when a murmur is noted coincidentally during a routine examination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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