Open AccessNonauscultatory clinical criteria are sensitive for cardiac pathology in low-risk paediatric heart murmurs
Author(s) -
Joshua Penslar,
Richard Webster,
Radha Jetty
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/pxaa067
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , auscultation , confidence interval , heart murmur , pathological , pediatrics , physical examination , heart disease , cardiology
Healthy children with likely innocent heart murmurs are frequently referred to cardiologists for reassurance. Existing guidelines that advise against these referrals are not consistently followed partly because they involve subjective auscultatory judgements with which many care providers are uncomfortable. Here, we investigate whether clinical criteria with no subjective auscultatory component are sensitive for cardiac pathology.