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The use of Z-scores in paediatric cardiology
Z-scores are a means of expressing the deviation of a given measurement from the size or age specific population mean. By taking account of growth or age, Z-scores are an excellent means of charting serial measurements in paediatric cardiological practice. They can be applied to echocardiographic me...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487208/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23129909 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.99622 |
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author | Chubb, Henry Simpson, John M |
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description | Z-scores are a means of expressing the deviation of a given measurement from the size or age specific population mean. By taking account of growth or age, Z-scores are an excellent means of charting serial measurements in paediatric cardiological practice. They can be applied to echocardiographic measurements, blood pressure and patient growth, and thus may assist in clinical decision-making. |
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spelling | pubmed-34872082012-11-05 The use of Z-scores in paediatric cardiology Chubb, Henry Simpson, John M Ann Pediatr Cardiol Review Article Z-scores are a means of expressing the deviation of a given measurement from the size or age specific population mean. By taking account of growth or age, Z-scores are an excellent means of charting serial measurements in paediatric cardiological practice. They can be applied to echocardiographic measurements, blood pressure and patient growth, and thus may assist in clinical decision-making. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3487208/ /pubmed/23129909 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.99622 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Pediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Chubb, Henry Simpson, John M The use of Z-scores in paediatric cardiology |
title | The use of Z-scores in paediatric cardiology |
title_full | The use of Z-scores in paediatric cardiology |
title_fullStr | The use of Z-scores in paediatric cardiology |
title_full_unstemmed | The use of Z-scores in paediatric cardiology |
title_short | The use of Z-scores in paediatric cardiology |
title_sort | use of z-scores in paediatric cardiology |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487208/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23129909 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.99622 |
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