Pulse oximetry screening for congenital heart defects in Switzerland: Most but not all maternity units screen their neonates

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 47-48, 2009, Pages 699-704

  Kuelling, Barbara ^a   Mieth, Romaine Arlettaz ^b   Bauersfeld, Urs ^a   Balmer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Echocardiography; Neonate; Pulse oximetry; Recommendations; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN SCREENING; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 73449100505     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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