PREP Audio - The New Newborn Screening
June 2007, Volume 2, No. 6

The New Newborn Screening

The New Newborn Screening

Learning Objectives

  • To determine the role of newborn screening.
  • To review the history of newborn screening.
  • To recognize the screening variability by state and its implications.
  • To identify the main screening panel conditions and the second-tier conditions.
  • To acknowledge the diagnostic odyssey for those conditions.
  • To explore how carriers may be identified and treated.
  • To examine the issue of false-positive screening results.
The New Newborn Screening

Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP

Dr. Kemper disclosed no financial relationship relevant to this issue. This issue does not contain a discussion of unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.

The New Newborn Screening

R. Rodney Howell, MD, FAAP

Dr. Howell disclosed no financial relationship relevant to this issue. This issue does not contain a discussion of unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.

The New Newborn Screening

Michelle Lloyd-Puryear, MD, PhD, FAAP

Dr. Lloyd-Puryear disclosed no financial relationship relevant to this issue. This issue does not contain a discussion of unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.