Consistency in the Assessment of Dried Blood Spot Specimen Size and Quality in U.K. Newborn Screening Laboratories

Autor: Stuart J. Moat, James R. Bonham, Christine Cavanagh, Margaret Birch, Caroline Griffith, Lynette Shakespeare, Clare Le Masurier, Claire Manfredonia, Beverly Hird, Philippa Goddard, Sarah Smith, Laura Wainwright, Rachel S. Carling, Jennifer Cundick, Fiona Jenkinson, Catherine Collingwood, Nick Flynn, Nazia Taj, Mehdi Mirzazadeh, Tejswurree Ramgoolam, Liz Robinson, Amy Headley, Tessa Morgan, David Elliman, Lesley Tetlow

Publikováno v: International Journal of Neonatal Screening, Vol 10, Iss 3, p 60 (2024)

In 2015, U.K. newborn screening (NBS) laboratory guidelines were introduced to standardize dried blood spot (DBS) specimen quality acceptance and specify a minimum acceptable DBS diameter of ≥7 mm. The UK ‘acceptable’ avoidable repeat rate (AVR

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Retrospective review of Synacthen testing in infants

Autor: Leena Patel, Elaine O’Shea, Lesley Tetlow, Raja Padidela, Timothy Shao Ern Tan, Claire Manfredonia, Rakesh Kumar, Sarah Ehtisham, Peter E. Clayton, Mars Skae, Indraneel Banerjee, Julie Jones, Fiona Ivison

Publikováno v: Tan, T S E, Manfredonia, C, Kumar, R, Jones, J, O'Shea, E, Padidela, R, Skae, M, Ehtisham, S, Ivison, F, Tetlow, L, Clayton, P, Banerjee, I & Patel, L 2018, ' RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF SYNACTHEN TESTING IN INFANTS ', Archives of Disease in Childhood . https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-313819

BackgroundA subnormal cortisol response (30 min level (C30min)MethodsWe retrospectively evaluated the diagnoses and outcomes in 68 infants who had a SDST at age Results29 (43%) infants had a subnormal SDST. Causative pathology was identified in 9/29

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