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Cyanosis primary prevention

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

Overview

Effective measurement for primary prevention include prenatal echocardiography and genetic testing for detecting cyanotic congenital heart disease and prenatal corticosteroid therapy for prevention of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and development of lung maturation.

Primary prevention

Primary prevention

References

References

  1. Liu, Xiwang; Xu, Weize; Yu, Jiangen; Shu, Qiang (2019). “Screening for congenital heart defects: diversified strategies in current China”. World Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2 (1): e000051. doi:10.1136/wjps-2019-000051. ISSN 2516-5410.

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