Pediatric ECG screening

ECG screening of special populations.

Scenario: At 35 years old, all commercial pilots are required by the Federal Aviation Administration to have an annual exam. Specifically, pilots must have a baseline electrocardiogram (ECG) at 35 and then an annual ECG after 40 years of age. You are scheduled on a flight to Reno, Nevada and this is your 52-year-old male pilot’s resting 12-lead ECG. Are you worried? A regular feature of the Ame...

Should Preparticipation Cardiovascular Screening of Athletes Include ECG? Yes: Screening ECG Is Cost-Effective.

ECG screening in athletes: optional or mandatory?

years bear a potential for arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation or a 20-fold higher possibility of SCD than female athletes. Ruwald et al. [6] showed recently in the European Heart Journal (EHJ, April 2015) that competitive sport is associated with a twofold increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias/death when compared with inactive patients and with patients who participated in recreational sport....

Pediatric vision screening.

Pediatric Vision Screening: some General Knowledge for Pediatricians

Primary vision care is recommended for infants and young children .Childhood is critical time to prevent loss of vision and to optimize treatment so some eye disorders in children must be diagnosed at this time.To detect risk factors and visual abnormalities, the eye screening done by pediatricians and other primary care providers is necessary. The process that should occur at each child visit ...