Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects in newborn infants: Should it be routine?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ewer, Andrew K ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MONITORING; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CARDIOLOGY; CONGENITAL ABNORM; NEONATOLOGY; SCREENING;

HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; OXIMETRY;

EID: 84890442773     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-303968     Document Type: Review

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