The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has received support to reduce the high risk of blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a condition worsened by limited early screening and inadequate ...

Audina M. Berrocal, MD, presented 30-year retrospective data from the neonatal intensive care unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital/Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Source: Adobe Stock.

An updated evidence-based guideline supports global neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism to optimize detection, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of children with the condition ...

The International Society for Neonatal Screening (ISNS) aims to advance screening for neonatal and infant sicknesses and disorders, worldwide. The ISNS has around 500 members in 80 different ...

Screening for Severe Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia Vinod K. Bhutani Disclosures Pediatr Health. 2009;3 (4):369-379. 0 ...

The new guideline sets out to make newborn screening for CF more equitable by recommending that states test for all CF-causing gene variants. As of September 2024, 1,085 CF-causing gene variants ...

All states should adopt updated screening protocols so more newborns with cystic fibrosis can be diagnosed in the first weeks of life, when interventions can have the greatest benefit, according ...

Vitamin D levels at birth may impact mental health, with higher levels linked to lower risk of psychiatric conditions.

The Automation of Neonatal Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) Screening Across More Than 370 Healthcare Facilities Is Expected to Improve the Process of Screening More Than 550,000 Newborns ...

A total of 23,792 women underwent randomization; women with more than one pregnancy during the trial could have been assigned to more than one type of screening. A total of 66% of the women in the ...