Pulse Oximetry Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Defects: A Life-Saving Test for All Newborn Babies

Andrew K Ewer^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; a.k.ewer@bham.ac.uk.
² Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK.

Editorial

Andrew K Ewer. Int J Neonatal Screen. 2019.

. 2019 Feb 12;5(1):14.

doi: 10.3390/ijns5010014. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Andrew K Ewer^{1

2}

¹ Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; a.k.ewer@bham.ac.uk.
² Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of InterestThe authors declare no conflict of interest.

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