Pulse oximetry screening for congenital heart defects

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9895, 2013, Pages 856-857

  Ewer, Andrew K ^a   Granelli, Anne De Wahl ^b   Manzoni, Paolo ^c   Luna, Manuel Sánchez ^d   Martin, Gerard R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^e CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGIST; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84883513200     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61859-0     Document Type: Letter

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