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