Newborn Screening Saves Lives

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Newborn Screening Saves Lives

CDC feature: Newborn screening is important for your baby - Soon after birth, babies born in the United States are checked for certain medical conditions. Learn why this newborn screening is important for your baby and why you should ask for the screening results.

CDC information: Newborn screening resources at CDC

CDC paper: Early hearing detection and intervention among infants — Hearing screening and follow-up survey, United States, 2005–2006 and 2009–2010.
Gaffney M, Eichwald J, Gaffney C, Alam S. MMWR 2014;63(Suppl 2).

CDC paper: Late detection of critical congenital heart disease among US infants: estimation of the potential impact of proposed universal screening.
Peterson C and Ailes E, et al. JAMA Pediatrics. 2014;168(4):361-370.

CDC paper: Cost-effectiveness of routine screening for critical congenital heart disease in US newborns.
Peterson C, Grosse SD, Oster ME, Olney RS, Cassell CH. Pediatrics. August 5, 2013.

CDC expert commentary: The critical importance of newborn screening and follow-up

Genetic Alliance: Baby's First Test

Newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency in 11 screening programs in the United States.
Kwan et al., JAMA. 2014 20;312(7):729-38.

'It was either this or he doesn't live': Transplant saves first 'bubble boy' in Wash. state detected with newborn screening, Fred Hutch News Service, August 4, 2014

New test can identify sickle cell disease in minutes, has potential to save many young lives in the developing world , Medical News Today, September 3, 2014

Density-based separation in multiphase systems provides a simple method to identify sickle cell disease.
Kumar et al. PNAS. August 1, 2014

Newborn screening program saves lives, by Dr. Michael Caldwell, Poughkeepsie Journal, September 14, 2014