Programmatic Congenital CMV Universal Screening Program

Programmatic Congenital CMV Universal Screening Program

treated × 6 months) were included. Whole blood VL was determined by real-time PCR at a central laboratory before therapy (baseline, BL) and periodically for 6 months. Results. In subjects treated for 6 months, increases in BL VL correlated with decreased probability of better hearing outcomes at 12 months (Figure 1), but clinically meaningful VL thresholds that predict SNHL were not identified ...

Universal newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism.

12 month period between 1st October 2006 and 30th September 2007. 2872 of these were inborn and were considered for calculating the hospital based incidence of CH. TSH values were ≥10 mU/L in 106 infants. Serum T4 and TSH assay confirmed neonatal hypothyroidism in 6 of them. All of them were inborn infants. The study revealed congenital hypothyroidism incidence of 2.1 per 1000 (6/2872) amongst ...

“Targeted” Screening for Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-Related Hearing Loss: It’s Time for Universal CMV Screening in the NICU!

[Universal screening program and early intervention (USPEI) in congenital bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in Chile].

Congenital hearing loss is the total or partial inability to hear sounds through the ears. It is the most common disability in newborns in Chile and worldwide, and is a permanent condition. The direct impact on children who are not adequately diagnosed is the alteration in acquisition of language and cognitive skills and a decline in their social and school insertion, jeopardizing their profess...

A Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in Iran

Objectives: In September 2002 University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences established a pilot universal newborn hearing screening program in two crowded maternity hospital in Tehran. Our objective was to assess the feasibility of implementing universal newborn hearing screening in IRAN. Methods: Between September 2002 and March 2004 a total of 7718 newborns were screened for heari...