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Neonatology - Pediatrics - Screening

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Neonatology - Pediatrics - Screening Databases


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Anticipatory Care
Neonatology
Newborn Screening
Other Screening
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[P] For Professionals
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[*] Principles of Screening
American College of Medical Genetics.
The screening program should have a clearly defined purpose … Distinctions must be made between carrier screening, screening for predisposition to disease, screening for presymptomatic disease, and screening for those affected with disease … Newborn screening is a special case … There should be a defined population for screening … it must be clear whether the purpose is a research or medical care … Screening for clinical purposes preferably should be tied to the availability of intervention … A screening program is more than a laboratory test …

Newborn Screening Fact Sheets
Position Statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Pediatrics Volume 98, Number 3 September, 1996, pp.473-501.

Hospital Discharge of the High-Risk Neonate--Proposed Guidelines (RE9812)
American Academy of Pediatrics … Four categories of high risk are identified:
1) the preterm infant.
2) the infant who requires technological support.
3) the infant primarily at risk because of family issues.
4) the infant whose irreversible condition will result in an early death.

[*] [S] [Spanish] Guide to optimal age for surgical interventions
Chilean Society of Pediatric Surgery
General orientation and recommendations for optimal ages of children in need of surgical interventions ... hernia, omphalocele, gastroschisis ... hypospadias, esophageal atresia, ... Poland, ... craniosynostosis ... 

Databases

Neonatology Outlines Teaching Files
Neonatology on the Web … Abdominal Mass … Acidosis … Aganglionic Megacolon … Antenatal Steroids … Apnea of Prematurity.

Infant, Newborn, Diseases
CliniWeb International … Amniotic Band Syndrome … Anemia, Neonatal … Asphysix Neonatorum …

Clinical Resources for Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Neonatology on the Web …

Neonatology on the Web - Site Index

Classic Papers in Neonatal Medicine

[***] [P] Pediatric disorders and diseases reviews
eMedicine
Listing to illustrated and well referenced authoritative review articles by prestigious experts.

Pedinfo: Pediatric Internet
Search engine … Hematology/Oncology … Infectious Disease (including immunizations, tracking systems, and travel) … Neonatology & Perinatology … Nephrology … Neurology … Pulmonology … Rheumatology.

General Pediatrics.com
Common Pediatric Health Problems … For Health Care Professionals 187 Problems … For Patients and Families (Consumer Health Information) 200 Problems.

Virtual Children's Hospital

Pediatric Database
Database has been obtained from at least 3 sources including Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics.

Pedinfo: An Index of the Pediatric Internet
Conditions and Diseases: Congenital Syndromes, Congenital Malformations, and Inborn Errors of Metabolism.

[*] [P] [French] Fact Sheets and Associations by "Annuaire Enfant-Hopital"

Support Organizations

Pediatrics, MedMark
Associations/Societies … Ambulatory pediatric Association … American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry … American Epilepsy Society.

[***] National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Search engine and other information

[***] [P] American Academy of Pediatrics
Publications.

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