Current diagnosis and treatments for critical congenital heart defects
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Assessment of Current Practices and Feasibility of Routine Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Defects — Georgia, 2012
In September 2011, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services recommended that critical congenital heart defects (CCHD) be added to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP) for newborns. Anecdotal reports in early 2012 suggested that some Georgia hospitals had begun screening for CCHD using pulse oximetry. To better understand the prevalence of routine CCHD screening, specific practi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1792-0981,1792-1015
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2016.3167