[Incidence and significance of heart murmurs in newborn infants admitted to nursery].
In a retrospective study on heart murmurs in healthy newborns we reviewed data concerning all newborns admitted in our nursery in the year 1990 (1387 newborns: male 699, female 688). An heart murmur was recorded in 106 (7.6%); in 32 of these (30%) the murmur was still audible at discharge; in 18 cases (17%) a congenital heart defect was diagnosed. Our data suggest that time of onset and intensity are valuable data for diagnostic approach, as murmurs recorded after the first day of life, and/or of intensity of 2/6 or more, are more likely to be expression of a congenital heart disease and should be further evaluated.
Minervini
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M
Divisione Pediatrica, Ospedale P. Cosma, ULSS n.20, Regione Veneto, Camposampiero, Italia.
Mazzoleni
S
S
Bacolla
G
G
Stocchero
L
L
Policicchio
G
G
Zuccaro
M
M
D000367:Age Factors; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009724:Nurseries, Infant; D011379:Prognosis
Incidenza e significato del soffio cardiaco in neonati accolti al nido.