Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 1 March 2018, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD011912.
- A review of the evidence on the accuracy of pulse oximetry for detection of critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) in asymptomatic newborn infants (21 studies) found that for every 10,000 apparently healthy newborn infants screened, around six of them will have CCHD. The pulse oximetry test will correctly identify five of these newborn infants with CCHD (but will miss one case).
