March 2015. Volume 11. Number 1

Neonatal pulse oximetry screening for heart disease: valid and feasible also in developing countries?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Zhao QM, Ma XJ, Ge XL, Liu F, Yan WL, Wu L, et al. Neonatal Congenital Heart Disease screening group. Pulse oximetry with clinical assessment to screen for congenital heart disease in neonates in China: a prospective study. Lancet. 2014;384:747-54.
Reviewers: de Lucas García N1, Balaguer Santamaría A2.
1SAMUR-Protección Civil. Madrid. España.
2H General Catalunya. Sant Cugat del Vallés. Barcelona. España.
Correspondence: Nieves de Lucas García. Email: delucasn@gmail.com
Reception date: 24/11/2014
Acceptance date: 22/01/2015
Publication date: 28/01/2015

Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: screening by clinical examination and pulse oximetry (SpO2) fulfills conditions for validity and feasibility to be established as a routine in a developing country like China.

Reviewers’ commentary: supplementing the screening of major and critical congenital heart defects with SpO2, before hospital discharge of newborns, is a feasible technique in developing countries, pending on a comprehensive economic evaluation. Benefits may be important for individuals only if this measure is inserted into a system of care and treatment very expensive and not always accessible in these countries.

How to cite this article

de Lucas García N, Balaguer Santamaría A. Pulsioximetría para cribado de cardiopatía neonatal: ¿válida y factible también en países en desarrollo? Evid Pediatr. 2015;11:3.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Zhao QM, Ma XJ, Ge XL, Liu F, Yan WL, Wu L, et al. Neonatal Congenital Heart Disease screening group. Pulse oximetry with clinical assessment to screen for congenital heart disease in neonates in China: a prospective study. Lancet. 2014;384:747-54.
Reviewers: de Lucas García N1, Balaguer Santamaría A2.
1SAMUR-Protección Civil. Madrid. España.
2H General Catalunya. Sant Cugat del Vallés. Barcelona. España.
Correspondence: Nieves de Lucas García. Email: delucasn@gmail.com
Reception date: 24/11/2014
Acceptance date: 22/01/2015
Publication date: 28/01/2015

How to cite this article

de Lucas García N, Balaguer Santamaría A. Pulsioximetría para cribado de cardiopatía neonatal: ¿válida y factible también en países en desarrollo? Evid Pediatr. 2015;11:3.

References

  1. Ochoa Sangrador C, Molina Arias M, Aparicio Sánchez JL. ¿Mejora el cribado neonatal con pulsioximetría la detección de cardiopatías congénitas? Evid Pediatr. 2011;7:89.

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