Newborn Mortality Can Be Prevented With Timely Screening and Referral of Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension: Determining Screening Parameters and Optimising the Clinical Workflow for Very High Altitude Maternity Wards in El Alto, Bolivia
Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Background: Neonatal cardiac screening (NCS) including pulse oximetry is standard practice in OECD countries, but has not been broadly implemented for the world’s very high altitude births (>11,483 feet (>3,500 meters) above sea level). The population living at very high altitudes is [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
DOI: 10.3205/24gtp08
Authors: Heath, Alexandra, von Alvensleben, Inge, Freudenthal, Pablo, Ardiles, Jesús, Gonzales, Mariana, Apaza, Ceylan, Sanga, Leibniz, Galvez, Miguel, Noya, Ivana, Mendizábal, Fanny, Mc Cann, Erin, Kozlik-Feldmann, Rainer
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6927493950
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