Recommendations for preparing children and adolescents for invasive cardiac procedures: a statement from the American Heart Association Pediatric Nursing Subcommittee of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing in collaboration with the Council on Cardiovascular Diseases of the Young

Circulation. 2003 Nov 18;108(20):2550-64. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000100561.76609.64.
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Publication types

  • Guideline
  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Anxiety / prevention & control
  • Anxiety / psychology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular / psychology
  • Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular / standards*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Nurse's Role / psychology
  • Pain / prevention & control
  • Pain / psychology
  • Parents / education
  • Parents / psychology
  • Physician's Role / psychology
  • Preoperative Care / psychology
  • Preoperative Care / standards*
  • Psychology, Child / methods
  • Stress, Physiological / prevention & control
  • Stress, Physiological / psychology