Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects: A UK national survey

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9866, 2013, Pages 535-

  Singh, Anju ^a   Ewer, Andrew K ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SCREENING TEST; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84873647243     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60278-0     Document Type: Letter

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