Table 1
Diagnoses and age at identification in 19 babies first identified as unwell by routine measurement of postductal fractional saturation
| Number | Age (hours) | First saturation | Diagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four other babies would have figured in this table had their congenital heart malformations not already been noted on antenatal ultrasound scan, as would two with heart malformations who were also dysmorphic (see text). | |||
| VSD, Ventricular septal defect; PDA, persistent ductus arteriosus. | |||
| 7 | 2 – 11 | 85–93 | Transient tachypnoea of the newborn (two later ventilated) |
| 2 | 6.8 & 7 | 84, 82 | Pulmonary atresia, one with VSD and one with intact ventricular septum |
| 2 | 3.4 & 6.7 | 78, 82 | Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn |
| 1 | 6 | 85 | Simple transposition of the great arteries |
| 1 | 8.4 | 94 | Coarctation with VSD |
| 1 | 30.5 | 89 | Fallot’s tetralogy |
| 1 | 23 | 93 | Persistent ductus arteriosus (PDA; closed surgically at 9 months) |
| 1 | 19.5 | 90 | PDA with R→L shunt in a baby with a multicystic kidney and renal failure |
| 1 | 10.9 | 94 | Spontaneous pneumothorax |
| 1 | 12.3 | 92 | Septo-optic dysplasia |
| 1 | 14.9 | See text | Haemorrhage into R temporal arachnoid cyst evacuated surgically |
