WASHINGTON – It’s every new parent’s nightmare: a healthy baby goes home from the hospital and within days turns blue and struggles to breathe. These infants have congenital heart disease — the most ...

Pulse oximetry, a simple test for blood oxygen saturation, has the potential to detect congenital cardiac abnormalities in newborn babies that might be missed by antenatal ultrasonography and neonatal ...

A recent study by researchers at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom reinforced a growing body of knowledge that not all blood oxygenation measurement devices, particularly pulse ...

August 4, 2011 (Birmingham, United Kingdom) — In one of the largest studies of its kind, UK researchers have demonstrated that pulse-oximetry testing of newborn babies improves the detection of ...

Pulse oximetry has been recognized as a promising screening tool for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD). The aim of this research was to study the feasibility of implementation in a community ...

Olivia Easley gave birth to her third child on April 26, 2009. The baby appeared pink and healthy, nursed well and had gained weight by her first doctor's visit. But when the baby, Veronica, was about ...

New Neonatal Study Adds to Body of Clinical Evidence Demonstrating Masimo SET ® Pulse Oximetry’s Unique Ability to Improve Care NEUCHATEL, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) provides ...

Pulse oximetry is an unreliable method for spotting people suffering with carbon monoxide poisoning and it should not be used for this purpose, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis ...

Kelsey Thomas and her 15-month-old son, Jacob at their home in Mattydale. The state has passed a new law that requires all newborns to be screened for potentially deadly congenital heart defects.

DEAR DR. ROSENBERG: A year ago, my husband had an overnight oxygen test and it was negative for sleep apnea. Recently, because of his fatigue and sleepiness, our new doctor ordered a sleep study. It ...