With a growing evidence base to support pulse oximetry as a noninvasive method for detecting CCHD, the momentum for universal screening has gained wide acceptance. A multi­disciplinary working group ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has endorsed a simplified screening algorithm for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) and more uniform reporting of data in updates included in its new ...

In 43 states, legislators have enacted laws or regulations and hospitals have issued guidelines that support screening newborns for critical congenital heart defects (CCHD), but despite the ...

HOW TO TAKE THE POST-TEST: Click here after reading the article to take the post-test on myCME.com. Taking the Pulse of Neonatal Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) Universal ...

In a clinical report published online Dec. 16 in Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics endorses a new algorithm for use in critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening, which was added ...

The incidence of babies born with serious heart defects, known as cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD), rose in states that enacted restrictive abortion laws following the U.S. Supreme Court's ...

Critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening is effective in asymptomatic late preterm and term newborn infants with a low false-positive rate (0.035%). (1) To compare 2817 neonatal intensive ...

Cumulatively, the large studies represent 284,800 infants, which includes the largest CCHD study to date, of 122,738 newborns. 2 All of these CCHD studies with Masimo SET ® pulse oximetry showed ...

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Under persistent criticism from a small but vocal group of activists as well as questions from some bishops, leaders of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development have established ...

Legislators, community activists, and BRIDGE Maryland, Inc. leaders gather on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis, Maryland, April 8, for a news conference to encourage the Senate to pass the Juvenile ...