Reliability of a single pulse oximetry reading as a screening test for congenital heart disease in otherwise asymptomatic newborn infants: The importance of human factors

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 371-376

  Reich, J D ^a   Connolly, B ^a   Bradley, G ^a   Littman, S ^a   Koeppel, W ^a   Lewycky, P ^b   Liske, M ^c  

^a Watson Clinic   (United States)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Cyanosis; Pulse oximetry; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN CARE; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; SCREENING TEST; TRAINING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLORIDA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; OXIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 40949161071     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9105-z     Document Type: Article

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