Expanded Newborn Screening Flashcards
Key factors in universla screening
Religion, autonomy, and public health
Criteria for screening
Important Accepted tx Facilities Early latent stage Suitable test Acceptable to pop Nautral history understood Consensus on who to treat Cost less than or equal to cost of med care Continous program
Aims of NBS
ID serious disorders with no outward signs of being present but which can be treated to minimize or prevent conseuqneces
Prevent serious probs
MCAD diagnosis
Use MS and should see increased C8
immediately
FA oxidation
24 hours
AA abnormalities
3-5 days
Endocrine disorders
What is important about punching?
Assign number FIRST
Notification
Best to contact PCP and tell him to inform family of instructions…PCP tells fam that specialist will call…then specialist call
At UK, we call family, then PCP
Require immediate followup
FA deects
GA-1
Urea cycle
One result adequate
Biotinidase or galactosemia
Summer effect of FA
More false positive in the summer
Hyperammonemia could mean
FA
AA
UC
What needs structures present in order to be formed?
Centrioles, mitochondria, peroxisomes
Genes of mitochondria
2 for rRNA , 13 for ETC, 22 for rTNA