A local family has praised Daisy Hill Hospital’s paediatric team’s innovative screening programme following the detection of a major heart condition in their new born baby girl. After a very normal ...

Forty years ago, all eyes were on Kentucky as "Baby Calvin" made history as he received the state's first pediatric heart ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google We’ve come a long way since the “Radio Nurse.” Back in 1937, the world’s first electronic baby monitor allowed parents ...

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Pulse oximetry is used to guide critical clinical decisions in neonatology. We used a vital signs simulator to compare performance of two pulse oximetry systems in conditions not tested in ...

Correspondence to Dr Hazel J Evans, Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK; hazel.evans{at}uhs.nhs.uk The article covers the following ...

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Pulmonary atresia (PA) is a heart defect. It happens when the baby's heart doesn’t form as it should in the uterus. This can happen during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy. PA is a problem with the ...

What Is a Pulse Oximeter? A pulse oximeter, or pulse ox, is an electronic device that can be attached to your forehead, fingers, nose, foot, toes, or ears. A nurse or medical assistant usually clamps ...

measuring questioning evaluating or otherwise observing a patient or a specimen from a patient in healthcare. Some patients already use these observations ...

eDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA fGlobal Program in Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Eudowood Division ...

Vital signs measure the body’s most essential functions. They include heart rate, body temperature, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. Healthcare professionals use vital signs to ...