From the Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit (GNC, PSKM, SSWC, CAG, THR), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and the Faculty of Medicine (PYML), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Supported by an internal grant of HK $72,000 (approximately US $9,000) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong to conduct the “Healthy Children's Vital Signs and USCOM Study.” Also supported by a grant of HK $100,000 (approximately US $13,000) from the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine, and by a grant from Hong Kong's Health and Health Services Research Fund.
The distributors of USCOM in Hong Kong (Pacific Medical Systems) loaned us an USCOM machine for the duration of the project.
A preliminary report related to this study has been published in abstract form: Leung PYM, Cattermole GN, Mak SKP, et al: Comparison of normal ranges of cardiovascular indices for Chinese and Australian children derived using the Ultrasound Cardiac Output Monitor (USCOM). HK J Emerg Med 2009; 16:289.
The authors have not disclosed any potential conflicts of interest.
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