Potential benefits and harms of universal newborn pulse oximetry screening: response to the UK National Screening Committee public consultation

Arch Dis Child. 2020 Nov;105(11):1128-1129. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317859. Epub 2019 Jul 11.

Andrew K Ewer^{1

2}, Sanjeev A Deshpande³, Christopher Gale^{4

5}, Benjamin J Stenson^{6

7}, Michele Upton⁸, Claire Evans⁹, Sam J Oddie^{10

11}

¹ Neonatal Medicine, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
³ Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, UK.
⁴ Academic Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁵ Chelseaand Westminster NHS Trust, London.
⁶ Neonatal Unit, Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁷ RoyalInfirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁸ NHSImprovement Head of Maternity and Neonatal Transformation Programmes, London, UK.
⁹ Antenatal and Newborn Screening, Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington, UK.
¹⁰ Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, UK.
¹¹ Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK.

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Keywords: congenital heart defect; newborn; pulse oximetry; screening.

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