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. 2009 Jan 8;338:a3037. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a3037

Table 5.

 Details of the 28 cases of undetected duct dependent circulation in neonates (1 January 2004 to 31 December 2007) in Swedish referring regions not using pulse oximetry screening

Diagnoses Sequelae
Severe acidosis Death within 30 days
Pulmonary and mixing duct dependent circulation
TGA No No
TGA No No
TGA Yes No
TGA Yes (+ preoperative seizures) No
TGA Yes (ECMO, preoperative cerebral haemorrhage) No
TGA, VSD No No
TGA, VSD No No
Complex TGA N/A Yes, undiagnosed
Pulmonary flow duct dependent circulation
TGA, PA, VSD No No
TGA, PA No No
PA N/A Yes, undiagnosed
Systemic and mixing duct dependent circulation
TGA, CoA, VSD Yes, brain infarction, cerebral haemorrhage, preoperative seizures No
Systemic flow duct dependent circulation
HLHS N/A Yes, undiagnosed
Critical AS No No
IAA, truncus arteriosus Yes (pH 6.80) No
IAA, VSD No No
CoA, VSD Yes (pH 6.90) No
CoA, VSD N/A Yes, undiagnosed
CoA, VSD No No
CoA, VSD N/A Yes, undiagnosed
CoA, AVSD No No
CoA Yes No
CoA Yes No
CoA Yes No
CoA No No
CoA No No
CoA Yes (pH 7.14) No
CoA No No

ECMO=extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, N/A=information not available as infant died at home (severe acidosis would have preceded death), TGA=transposition of the great arteries, PA=pulmonary atresia, VSD=ventricular septal defect, AS=aortic stenosis, CoA=coarctation of the aorta, HLHS=hypoplastic left heart syndrome, IAA=interrupted aortic arch, AVSD=atrioventricular septal defect.