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

Shakila Thangaratinam; Kiritrea Brown; Javier Zamora; Khalid S Khan; Andrew K Ewer

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60107-X

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

Shakila Thangaratinam, Kiritrea Brown, Javier Zamora, Khalid S Khan, Andrew K Ewer

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Abstract

Screening for critical congenital heart defects in newborn babies can aid in early recognition, with the prospect of improved outcome. We assessed the performance of pulse oximetry as a screening method for the detection of critical congenital heart defects in asymptomatic newborn babies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2459-64
Number of pages	6
Journal	Lancet
Volume	379
Issue number	9835
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60107-X
Publication status	Published - 2012

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