Should pulse oximetry be used to screen for congenital heart disease?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Valmari, Pekka J ^a  

^a LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; ONSET AGE; OXIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; OXIMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247889857     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.090282     Document Type: Review

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