Pulse Oximetry Screening for Detection of Critical Congenital Heart Defects: Why to Bother?

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Yogen Singh1* and Serenydd Everden2 1Department of Neonatology and Paediatric Cardiology, Cambridge University Hospitals, UK 2Department of Clinical Medical School, University of Cambridge, UK *Corresponding author: Yogen Singh, Consultant Neonatologist and Special Expertise in Paediatric Cardiology, Box 402, NICU, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK, Tel: +44 1223 216240; Fax: +44 1223 586794; E-mail: Yogen.Singh@nhs.net