Abstract
Advances in technology over the past 15 years have given birth to a new field of multidisciplinary cardiovascular care and research, that of perinatal cardiology. Today's neonatal nurse must become familiar with the battery of tools that may be enlisted to assist in the assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation of cardiac disorders and therapeutic maneuvers in the neonate. In the first part of this two-part article, the standard initial examination of the history and physical, the chest x-ray, and the electrocardiogram were reviewed. This second part discusses the role of both invasive and noninvasive "high-tech" diagnostic techniques commonly used in today's management of neonatal cardiac disease.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 7-13 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Neonatal network : NN |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - Aug 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Critical Care
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine