Newborn screening has improved lives for thousands of children across America. Newborn screening is a series of tests conducted from a blood sample taken from a newborn within the first few days of life. In New York State‚ newborns are screened for up to fifty different metabolic‚ endocrine‚ and hematologic disorders. This screening process aims to provide early diagnosis and referral for treatment for several genetic diseases. Some of these disorders may be life threatening and severely debilitating
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INTRODUCTION Rationale In the early 1960s‚ scientist Robert Guthrie‚ PhD‚ developed a blood test that could determine whether newborns had the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria (PKU). People with PKU lack an enzyme needed to process the amino acid phenylalanine‚ which is necessary for normal growth in kids and for normal protein use throughout life. However‚ if too much phenylalanine builds up‚ it damages the brain tissue and can eventually cause substantial developmental delay. If
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Manuscripts > * PMC2947955 * Performing your original search‚ compliance of mothers on newborn screening‚ in PMC will retrieve 926 records. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 October 1. Published in final edited form as: J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2009 Oct–Dec; 23(4): 326–334. doi: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e3181a1bc1f PMCID: PMC2947955 NIHMSID: NIHMS182350 Newborn Screening: An Appeal for Improved Parent Education Audrey Tluczek‚ Ph.D.‚1‚2 Kate Murphy Orland‚ M.S
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ABOUT NEWBORN SCREENING II. Competencies To enhance the awareness and knowledge about Newborn screening To be familiar with the possible genetic metabolic disorders present at birth III. Objectives At the end of every learning session‚ the students would be able to: Know the importance of Newborn screening Recite the goal of Newborn Screening Know the law that mandates Newborn screening here in the Philippines Identify common disorders detected through Newborn screening Ask
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KNOWLEDGE‚ ADHERENCE ON NEWBORN SCREENING AMONG POSTPARTUM MOTHERS IN MHARS-RTTH A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of the College of Nursing Misamis University Ozamiz City In Partial Fulfillment of College of Nursing By Lao‚ Ladyvie Jamila S. Palangan‚ J-an L. March 2012 APPROVAL SHEET This research paper entitled ‘’ KNOWLEDGE‚ ADHERENCE ON NEWBORN SCREENING AMONG POSTPARTUM MOTHERS IN MHARS-RTTH‚’’ prepared
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RESEARCH TITLE: “Level of Awareness of Post-partum Mothers on Newborn Screening in Different Hospitals in Roxas City” CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION I.A. Background and Rationale of the Study 1) Mothers always wanted the best for their babies. In any way they will do everything for their children’s protection. Most of the post-partum mothers are not aware what newborn screening is for. They thought that it is just a part of routine hospital admission. They are not even
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Newborn Screening Act AN ACT PROMULGATING A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY AND A NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR ENSURING NEWBORN SCREENING Republic Act No. 9288 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LEGACY OR DONATION OF ALL OR PART OF A HUMAN BODY AFTER DEATH FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES Introduction In the Philippines‚ cases of genetic disorder have increased as the population rises. Some of these inheritable conditions are already present at birth and many others are not recognized until the child gets older. One factor is
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21 Summer 2005 Newborn Screening in the 21st Century From the Editors and Authors: Since our last Update on Newborn Screening in 1998‚ there has been significant expansion of newborn screening programs in various regions of the country‚ mostly to include metabolic disorders identifiable by tandem mass spectrometry. States in our region are just now starting to expand their programs. The Summer 2005 Genetic Drift provides an update on newborn dried blood spot screening (NBS). Specifically‚
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3. Topic: Universal Newborn Hearing Screening To have a successful implementation of an EHDI program it is important to make it cost effective‚ minimize the referral rate‚ and communicate the benefits and effectiveness of universal newborn hearing screenings. According to NCHAM’s article on the Issues and Evidence of Universal Newborn Hearing Screenings‚ all studies that have been done on their cost effectiveness were used on out of date equipment and cannot be used to draw true conclusions on the
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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION The diagnosis process of a hearing loss often begins with the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS). Hearing loss is considered one of the most common disabilities in the United States (Jackson‚ Traub‚ & Turnbull‚ 2008). Before the UNHS was widely implemented in 1990s‚ physicians‚ medical personnel‚ and teachers were responsible for detecting hearing loss through a long referral process (Fitzpatrick et al.‚ 2008). Now‚ the UNHS helps identify children with hearing loss
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