Acta paediatrica
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Multicenter Study
Pulse oximetry screening as a complementary strategy to detect critical congenital heart defects.
To compare strategies with and without first-day of life pulse oximetry screening to detect critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs). ⋯ First-day of life pulse oximetry screening provides early in-hospital detection of CCHDs and may reduce the number missed and diagnosed after discharge.