A randomized controlled trial of interventions to promote adjustment in children with congenital heart disease entering school and their families.

Objective: To report on a randomized controlled trial of psychological interventions to promote adjustment in children with congenital heart disease and their families.

Method: Following baseline assessment, 90 children (aged 4-5 years) and their families were randomly assigned to an Intervention or Control group before entering school. 68 (76%) were retained at 10-month follow-up.

A ten year review of atrioventricular septal defects.

Objectives: To review all cases of atrioventricular septal defects in Northern Ireland from January 1990 to February 1999, examining clinical and morphological features, management, and outcome.

Methods: A retrospective case note analysis of 106 subjects with comparisons between subgroups.

Results: An atrioventricular septal defect was part of a more complex abnormality in 50 of the patients (47%).

Echocardiographic screening for congenital heart disease: a randomized study.

Objectives: To assess the effectiveness and potential cost of an echocardiographic screening program for congenital heart disease (CHD).

Patients And Methods: Between 01/11/94 and 28/02/98 there were 9697 deliveries in The Royal Maternity Hospital Belfast. Mothers were randomized before delivery.