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. 2016 Jun 1;10:35–41. doi: 10.4137/CMPed.S33086

Table 6.

Summary of a meta-analysis on the use of pulse-oximetry for the detection of CCHD.

Total number of studies 13
Total number of infants 229,421
Sensitivity 76.5% (67.7–83.5)
Speificity 99.8% (99.7–99.9)
False positive rate 0.14% (0.06–0.33)
False positive rate in infants screened after 24 hours of birth 0.05% (0.02–0.12)

Note: Data from Thangaratinam et al.30