Rapid implementation of pulse oximetry newborn screening to detect critical congenital heart defects - New Jersey, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 62, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 292-294

  Garg, Lorraine F ^a   Knap, Mary M ^a   Beres, Leslie M ^a   Braun, Kim Van Naarden ^b   Hinton, Cynthia F ^b   Cassell, Cynthia H ^b   Olney, Richard S ^b   Peterson, Cora ^b   Glidewell, Jill ^c  

^a New Jersey Department of Health   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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EID: 84876483542     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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3. Kemper AR, Mahle WT, Martin GR, et al. Strategies for implementing screening for critical congenital heart disease. Pediatrics 2011;128:1259-67.
4. Thangaratinam S, Brown K, Zamora J, Khan KS, Ewer AK. Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects in asymptomatic newborn babies: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Lancet 2012;379:2459-64.