Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects in asymptomatic newborn babies: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9835, 2012, Pages 2459-2464

  Thangaratinam, Shakila ^a   Brown, Kiritrea ^b   Zamora, Javier ^c,d   Khan, Khalid S ^a   Ewer, Andrew K ^b,e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84862868063     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60107-X     Document Type: Article

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