Newborn Pulse Oximetry Screening for Detecting Congenital Heart Disease: Experience at a Tertiary Care Center

Figure 1

Schematic diagram of the cohort of term babies. 900 term babies were born at our center over a one-year period. A cardiac echo was offered to 109 babies either before discharge from nursery or within the first five years of life. A simple noncritical CHD was noted in 16 babies.