Cardiac Murmurs – Diagnosis and Management
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45 mins CPD
80% required to pass
Overview
This module will take approximately 45 minutes to complete and includes the following elements.
- Background
- Definition, causes and prevalence of heart murmurs.
- Diagnosis
- How to assess both children and adults with heart murmurs.
- The possible differential diagnoses.
- Links to videos and audio recordings of typical murmurs.
- Management
- Referral strategy for people with murmurs.
- An optional quiz to assess your learning from the course
- An audit suggestion
- A list of useful links and resources for further reading
Goals
During this course you will learn about:
- The prevalence of cardiac murmurs in both adults and children.
- The causes of murmurs.
- The range of differential diagnoses.
- The audible pattern of sounds associated with a variety of cardiac murmurs.
- The associated signs with a variety of pathologies which cause cardiac murmurs.
- When to refer both adults and children to specialists.
Topics covered
Circulatory
Paediatrics
Date created
06/10/2021
Last revision
05/05/2023
Next revision
06/10/2026