In a clinical report published online Dec. 16 in Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics endorses a new algorithm for use in critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening, which was added ...

Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the leading congenital cause of death in newborns worldwide. Approximately ...

Newborn Screening for Critical CHD Is Cost-Effective‏ Routine screening for critical congenital heart disease could cost $6.28 additional per newborn and $40,385 per life-year gained, according to a ...

Congenital heart defects are the number one newborn defect in the world, every 15 minutes a child is born with this defect. They came up with Project Echo to bring better care to rural and other areas ...

Heart-related diseases are as it is, the worst kind to be affected with and Congenital heart disease affects nearly 1% of U.S. births, or about 40,000 babies each year. Thanks to better surgeries, ...

A new national analysis shows that over the past two decades, inpatient care for children with complex chronic conditions (CCCs) has become far more intensive—and is now overwhelmingly concentrated in ...

Stop Smoking Drugs Don’t Promote Congenital Malformations Large retrospective study supports benefits of quitting with smoking cessation medications over risks of smoking. Medscape Medical News, April ...