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Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism

Congenital hypothyroidism screening programme in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) was started since 2004 using cord blood TSH. An audit of the screening programme for a period of 24 months was done for the year 2010 and 2011. A total of 12928 newborn babies were screened with coverage of 100%. Two ca...

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Main Authors: Hussain, Suhaimi, Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin, Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi
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Language:English
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Published: Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation (JICEF) 2013
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RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
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spelling my.iium.irep.335852015-12-03T03:43:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/ Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism Hussain, Suhaimi Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi RJ101 Child Health. Child health services Congenital hypothyroidism screening programme in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) was started since 2004 using cord blood TSH. An audit of the screening programme for a period of 24 months was done for the year 2010 and 2011. A total of 12928 newborn babies were screened with coverage of 100%. Two cases were confirmed to have primary congenital hypothyroidism. The mean recall rate was 2.31% and the mean sample rejection rate was 1.59%. The subject response for the repeat test was 63% for the year 2010 and 78% for the year 2011. Continuous surveillance is important to ensure the National Quality Assurance (QA) were met. Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation (JICEF) 2013-10 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/1/imj20-5-633abst.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/2/International_Medical_Journal_-_Volume_20%2C_Number_5.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/6/Audit_of_newborn_screening_programme_for_congenital_hypothyroidism.pdf Hussain, Suhaimi and Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin and Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi (2013) Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism. International Medical Journal, 20 (5). pp. 633-634. ISSN 1341-2051 http://www.seronjihou.co.jp/IMJ20-5.html
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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language English
English
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topic RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
spellingShingle RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
Hussain, Suhaimi
Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin
Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi
Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
description Congenital hypothyroidism screening programme in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) was started since 2004 using cord blood TSH. An audit of the screening programme for a period of 24 months was done for the year 2010 and 2011. A total of 12928 newborn babies were screened with coverage of 100%. Two cases were confirmed to have primary congenital hypothyroidism. The mean recall rate was 2.31% and the mean sample rejection rate was 1.59%. The subject response for the repeat test was 63% for the year 2010 and 78% for the year 2011. Continuous surveillance is important to ensure the National Quality Assurance (QA) were met.
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author Hussain, Suhaimi
Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin
Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi
author_facet Hussain, Suhaimi
Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin
Zainol, Ahmad Rodzi
author_sort Hussain, Suhaimi
title Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
title_short Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
title_full Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
title_fullStr Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
title_full_unstemmed Audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
title_sort audit of newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
publisher Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation (JICEF)
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/1/imj20-5-633abst.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/2/International_Medical_Journal_-_Volume_20%2C_Number_5.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/6/Audit_of_newborn_screening_programme_for_congenital_hypothyroidism.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33585/
http://www.seronjihou.co.jp/IMJ20-5.html
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