Objective: The objective was to develop a screening for heart disease detection in primary care, to identify pathological electrocardiographic changes and underlying heart disease in adolescents.
Design: The study was carried out for one year using multistage sampling. SITE: Primary care centers in a health area that had digital ECG equipment (12 centers) were selected.
Introduction: Actual unawareness about paediatric resident's residency program factual clinical reasoning precludes professional retraining directed to solve deficiencies. Script Concordance Test (SCT) evaluates clinical reasoning due to its orientation to usual clinical practice but surprisingly it has not been used in Spain for Paediatric Primary Care clinical reasoning evaluation so far. Due to this we consider it to be of relevance to design a Paediatric Primary Care SCT which meets validity, reliability and accessibility criteria described on bibliography.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The anogenital distance (AGD) is an anthropometric marker determined by exposures to androgens in utero and throughout the first few months of life. Early exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates have been significantly associated with shortened AGD in boys. Limited studies have explored phthalate concentrations in breast milk and infant formula.
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