Impact of pulse oximetry screening on the detection of duct dependent congenital heart disease: A Swedish prospective screening study in 39 821 newborns

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7687, 2009, Pages 145-148

  Granelli, Anne De Wahl ^a,g   Wennergren, Margareta ^b   Sandberg, Kenneth ^a   Mellander, Mats ^a   Bejlum, Carina ^c   Inganäs, Leif ^c   Eriksson, Monica ^d   Segerdahl, Niklas ^d   Ågren, Annelie ^e   Ekman Joelsson, Britt Marie ^e   Sunnegårdh, Jan ^a   Verdicchio, Mario ^f   Östman Smith, Ingegerd ^a,g  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NÄL Hospital   (Sweden)

^d Section of Rheumatology   (Sweden)

^e Hospital of Skövde   (Sweden)

^f Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SURGERY; NURSERY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN SCREENING; OXIMETRY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; OXIMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 61849110497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a3037     Document Type: Article

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