Universal+newborn+screening+information,reliability+and+costs

Newborn screening is the process by which infants are screened shortly after birth for a list of disorders that are treatable, but difficult or impossible to detect clinically. this can also detect for carnitineuptake defect. The doctors usally perform newborn from taking newborn samples from the baby. in the us the cost of newborn screening is 80$ and the cost is about that amount in other countries. their are 4 criterias that need to be listened to before newborn screening they are: having an acceptable treatment protocol in place that changes the outcome for patients diagnosed early with the disease, an understanding of the condition's natural history, an understanding about who will be treated as a patient, and a test that is reliable for both affected and unaffected patients and is acceptable to the public. Newborn screening is a process that should be undertooken because if you don't your child may end up with a deadly disease and die because it remained undetected for years. Its reliability is very high however only a few controversyies spark up once in a while that go against the life saving procedure of screening. Also universal screening is performed after 24 hours of birth.

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