TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ewer, Andrew
AB  - Critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) are potentially life-threatening malformations that remain a significant cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Failure to diagnose these conditions shortly after birth may result in acute cardiovascular collapse and death. The identification of CCHDs by routine newborn clinical examination is routine in many countries, but consistently misses over a third of cases, and, although antenatal ultrasound screening can be very effective in early diagnosis, the provision and accuracy of ultrasound screening is highly variable. As most CCHDs present with mild cyanosis (hypoxaemia), which is frequently clinically undetectable, pulse oximetry is a rapid, simple, painless method of accurately identifying hypoxaemia, which has gained popularity as a screen for CCHD. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Neonatal Screening, devoted to ""Neonatal Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Defects (CCHDs)"", will consider the evidence for CCHD screening with pulse oximetry, the acceptability and cost-effectiveness of this intervention, the additional non-cardiac conditions which it may also identify, and international experiences of introducing CCHD screening across the globe.
DO  - 10.3390/books978-3-03921-049-7
ID  - OAPEN ID: 33683
KW  - n/a
KW  - altitude
KW  - CCHD screening in the US
KW  - screening
KW  - coarctation of aorta
KW  - oxygen saturation
KW  - neonates
KW  - critical congenital heart disease screening
KW  - newborn screening pulse oximetry
KW  - home births
KW  - health policy
KW  - congenital heart disease
KW  - neonatal screening
KW  - pulse oximetry
KW  - cost-effectiveness
KW  - hypoxia
KW  - neonate
KW  - newborn
KW  - critical congenital heart disease
KW  - state screening
KW  - pulse oximetry screening
KW  - economic evaluation
KW  - screening algorithm
KW  - newborn screening
KW  - Germany
KW  - congenital heart defects
L1  - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/1348
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/54428
PB  - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
PY  - 2019
SN  - 9783039210497
SN  - 9783039210480
TI  - Neonatal Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Defectsnull
ER  - 
