Title: Critical congenital heart disease | Baby's First Test | Newborn Screening | Baby Health
Headings: Critical Congenital Heart Disease
Conditions Critical Congenital Heart Disease
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Content: Follow-up testing confirms if a baby has a condition or not. take place. Because the harmful effects of CCHD can develop shortly after birth, follow-up testing must be completed as soon as possible to determine whether or not your baby has a heart problem. The baby’s doctor might recommend that the baby get screened with pulse oximetry
Pulse oximetry, or pulse ox, is a painless, non-invasive test that measures how much oxygen is in the blood. Infants with heart problems may have low blood oxygen levels, and therefore, the pulse ox test can help identify babies that may have Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD). The test is done using a machine called a pulse oximeter, which is a sensor placed on the baby’s skin. The pulse ox test only takes a couple of minutes and is performed after the baby is 24 hours old and before he or she leaves the newborn nursery. again, will do a complete clinical assessment, or have more specific tests, like an echocardiogram (an ultrasound picture of the heart), an EKG (electrocardiogram), or a chest x-ray to diagnose CCHD. YouTube
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