Thangaratinam and colleagues aimed to shed light on the potential predictive value of using pulse oximetry to screen for significant cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) in newborn infants. One ...

Pulse oximetry can be performed with disposable or reusable sensors, and hospitals and birthing centers must select the type of sensor that best meets the needs of their facility. 1 The SACHDNC ...

Given the extent of disagreement among observers regarding the color of infants observed under identical conditions (i.e., via video recording), the study authors concluded that real-world visual ...

Heart defects are the most common type of birth defects in the UK. Although newborns often show no visible signs of the condition, if not treated promptly it can be fatal. The research, led by a Queen ...

Babies are dying unnecessarily or being left brain damaged due to a failure to adopt a simple test for heart defects, doctors writing in the Lancet journal have warned. Pulse oximetry takes five ...

Newborns should be screened for heart defects using a simple, non-invasive test, a new review finds. Heart defects present at birth are a leading cause of infant deaths. Surgery improves survival of ...

Every year between 750 and 1,300 babies are born with what doctors call critical congenital heart defects - physical abnormalities so severe that they will probably die very early in life unless they ...

IRVINE, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 27, 2014) - Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced its unconditional commitment to the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP), a global initiative to end preventable deaths of ...

Parents of a baby who died at three days old are calling for a simple test which detected issues with their child to be made standard across the NHS. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT And they are ...

Physical examinations for newborns include checks for congenital heart disease twice by the time they are eight weeks old Babies are dying unnecessarily or being left brain damaged due to a failure to ...