03335nam 22006973a 450 991034668170332120250203235435.09783039210497303921049110.3390/books978-3-03921-049-7(CKB)4920000000094852(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/54428(ScCtBLL)326b64ac-cd0e-4334-b41b-fb0926874c4e(OCoLC)1118512515(oapen)doab54428(EXLCZ)99492000000009485220250203i20192019 uu engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNeonatal Screening for Critical Congenital Heart DefectsAndrew EwerMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute2019Basel, Switzerland :MDPI,2019.1 electronic resource (98 p.)9783039210480 3039210483 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.altitudeCCHD screening in the USscreeningcoarctation of aortaoxygen saturationneonatescritical congenital heart disease screeningnewborn screening pulse oximetryhome birthshealth policycongenital heart diseaseneonatal screeningpulse oximetrycost-effectivenesshypoxianeonatenewborncritical congenital heart diseasestate screeningpulse oximetry screeningeconomic evaluationscreening algorithmnewborn screeningGermanycongenital heart defectsEwer Andrew1331911ScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910346681703321Neonatal Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Defects3040641UNINA