OBJECTIVES To assess neonatal platelet counts by comparing alloimmunised pregnancies from a Norwegian screening and intervention study with subsequent pregnancies from the same women. DESIGN Prospective observational follow-up study. SETTING A university hospital. POPULATION HPA-1a immunised women from a large Norwegian screening study that gave birth to one or more children after the scr...

Objective: To present an experience report regarding the administration of neonatal screening referral service in Pará. Based on implementation National Neonatal Screening Program through Ordinance nº 822, June 6, 2001. Method: This is a descriptive study, with qualitative approach, type, experienced by four nurses who work at Reference Service University State Pará, systematic, structured or c...

Universal neonatal hearing screening has been a long time coming. The goals of neonatal screening are to accurately identify babies with hearing loss, and to rehabilitate those identified as early as possible. Behavioural screening of neonates is not accurate enough. The Crib-o-gram records a neonate’s response and movements to sound as he or she lies quietly in the crib. Unfortunately, the fal...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Evaluating the costs, effects, and savings of several strategies for cystic fibrosis (CF) gene carrier screening. DESIGN A general model for evaluating prenatal, preconceptional, school, and neonatal carrier screening was constructed. For prenatal and preconceptional screening, two strategies were evaluated: single entry and double entry two step couple screening. Firstly, the...