Late detection of critical congenital heart disease among US infants: estimation of the potential impact of proposed universal screening using pulse oximetry.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) was added to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel for Newborns in the United States in 2011. Many states have recently adopted or are considering requirements for universal CCHD screening through pulse oximetry in birth hospitals. Limited previous research is directly applicable to the question of how many US infants with CCHD might be identified through screening.

Objectives

To estimate the proportion of US infants with late detection of CCHD (>3 days after birth) based on existing clinical practice and to investigate factors associated with late detection.

Design, setting, and participants

Descriptive and multivariable analysis. Data were obtained from a multisite population-based study of birth defects in the U

SUBMITTER: Peterson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4470377 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature