Role of pulse oximetry in examining newborns for congenital heart disease: A scientific statement from the AHA and AAP

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 823-836

  Mahle, William T ^a   Newburger, Jane W ^a   Matherne, G Paul ^a   Smith, Frank C ^a   Hoke, Tracey R ^a   Koppel, Robert ^a   Gidding, Samuel S ^a   Beekman III, Robert H ^a   Grosse, Scott D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Congenital; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Health policy; Heart defects; Outcomes research; Pulse oximetry; Tests

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; OXIMETRY; PEDIATRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67849113736     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1397     Document Type: Review

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