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Pediatric Heart Sounds

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Pediatric Heart Sounds is a excellent resource for residents or medical student starting their cardiology rotation as it teaches you how to listen and differentiate the heart sounds and murmur in a very organized and systematic fashion.The book is a combination of text and a CDROM which uses real heart sounds and thus is very understandable. It will make you very comfortable doing a cardiac exam and differentiating normal and pathologic heart sound. I highly recommend this easy to read and interactive book for all the residents and medical students.

This book is an excellent resource for both medical students and residents on their cardiology rotations. The accompanying CD contains a recorded heart sounds tutorial, with respiration over the heart sounds, and is more realistic and lifelike than others of its kind. There is a quiz on the CD so that you can test your listening skills following the tutorial. The book and CD together teach you how to listen to the heart in a methodical way and to listen for each sound separately instead of immediately jumping to a conclusion about the diagnosis. You learn how to listen for S1 then S2, then extra heart sounds, then murmurs, etc. Then you put it all together and come up with a diagnosis. The book and CD do an excellent job teaching how to differentiate between normal innocent murmurs and pathologic murmurs. Overall I think students, residents, residency programs and medical schools should have this resource available and use it prior to and during the cardiology rotation for improved learning.

I bought the kindle version and it turns out that the Pediatric Heart Sounds comes without any sound!!!!
Why would anyone buy a book about heart sounds if they send you a version that does not have the sound files!!!
I wish I could return it but I guess I have been robbed.

Pediatric Heart Sounds is an excellent book for medical students, residents or primary care physicians to learn how to listen to the heart in a systematic manner. The book is easy to read and explains each heart sound and what can cause each to sound different. Following this book's approach and listening to the recordings on the CD will help one to develop confidence in explaining and understanding the heart exam. I read the hardback, but it would be very readable on a Kindle as long as you also listen to the CD. Pediatric Heart Sounds

The book is suppose to have a CD with it. The book came without the CD. The book without CD was useless for our purposes.
Book was returned .
I looked at website to order another and none of the descriptions said anything about the CD. It is advertised by publisher as having a CD. Not happy this time around

An excellent tool for improving auscultation skills. The dissection method forces you to pay attention to all the components of the cardiac cycle to make a better diagnosis. Also, the accompanying CD has real life recordings and is very interactive.

The audiofiles that accompany this book are outstanding. They are real recordings and highlight the specific aspects of the cardiac exam that carry additional importance in the world of pediatrics...where not all plumbing is as expected. Outstanding reference for anyone who places a stethoscope over the heart of a child.

This is definitely the best book I have read to learn about pediatric heart sounds. The combination of the text and the CD-ROM, which used "real" heart sounds, made the subject matter very understandable and practical for clinical use. I recommend this book for all medical students, pediatricians, nurses, physician's assistances, and anyone in the medical field performing a pediatric cardiac evaluation. The book details the various sounds heard during a cardiac exam and after completing, I believe you are better equipped for assessing pathologic and non-pathologic murmurs. Additionally, you will be more comfortable with the cardiac exam, which is a constant struggle for most practitioners who have not specialized in pediatric cardiology. I highly recommend this book because it is an AWESOME resource for anyone needing a straightforward, easy-read resource for learning about Pediatric Heart Sounds.