Physical Examination and Pulse Oximetry in Newborn Infants: Out with the Old, in with the New?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 747-748

  Mahle, William T ^a  

^a SIBLEY HEART CENTER CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DELIVERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; NEWBORN CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION;

HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OXIMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 43549101575     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.01.043     Document Type: Editorial

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