Review Article

A Meta-Analysis about the Screening Role of Pulse Oximetry for Congenital Heart Disease

Table 1

Basic information of included studies.

AuthorYearCountryLimbTest timing, h

Arlettaz et al.2006SwitzerlandRight or left foot6–12
Bakr and Habib2005EgyptRight upper and lower limbs31.7 (average)
de Wahl Granelli et al.2005SwedenRight hand and one foot12–48
Hoke et al.2002AmericaRight arm and either leg24 (average)
Koppel et al.2003America>24
Richmond et al.2002UKOne or other foot>2
Rosati et al.2005Italy72 h (median)
Zhao et al.2014ChinaBoth on the right hand and on either foot6–72
Riede et al.2010GermanyFoot24–72
Mathur et al.2015IndiaRight upper limb and either foot72 (median)
Hu et al.2016ChinaRight hand and either foot25 (median)
Jones et al.2016UK<24
Ozalkaya et al.2016TurkeyLower and right upper extremity>24
Jawin et al.2015MalaysiaLeft foot20 (median)
Ewer et al.2011UKRight hand and either footIn the first few hours
Taksande et al.2013IndiaAll the four limbsWithin the first 4 hours
van Niekerk et al.2016South Africa60 (median)
de-Wahl Granelli et al.2009SwedenRight hand and either foot38 (median)
Meberg et al.2008NorwayFoot<12
Mo et al.2015ChinaRight hand and either foot>24
Jia et al.2016ChinaRight hand24
Lu et al.2016ChinaRight hand and right foot>24

Note. — indicates that the information was not mentioned in the article.