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16840497

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-18
pubmed:abstractText
A significant number of preventable cardiac deaths in infancy and childhood are due to long QT syndrome (LQTS) and to unrecognized neonatal congenital heart diseases (CHDs). Both carry a serious risk for avoidable mortality and morbidity but effective treatments exist to prevent lethal arrhythmias or to allow early surgical correction before death or irreversible cardiac damage. As an electrocardiogram (ECG) allows recognition of LQTS and of some of the CHDs that have escaped medical diagnosis, and as LQTS also contributes to sudden infant death syndrome, we have analysed the cost-effectiveness of a nationwide programme of neonatal ECG screening. Our primary analysis focused on LQTS alone; a secondary analysis focused on the possibility of identifying some CHDs also.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0195-668X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1824-32
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Cost-effectiveness of neonatal ECG screening for the long QT syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Computer Science and Systems, University of Pavia, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't