Combining pulse oximetry and clinical examination in screening for congenital heart disease

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 832-835

  Bakr, A F ^a,b   Habib, H S ^c  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Department of Neonatology   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic newborns; Clinical examination; Congenital heart disease; Neonatal screening; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NURSERY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULSE OXIMETRY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; OXIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 31144475139     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-005-0981-9     Document Type: Article

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