Muhammet Mesut Nezir Engin
Duzce University School of Medicine, Department of Child Health and Diseases, Turkey
Title: The Significance of the Newborn Screening Test: A Case Report Detecting Congenital Hypothyroidism and Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia
Biography
Biography: Muhammet Mesut Nezir Engin
Abstract
The first incidence of phenylketonuria in Ankara in 1983 with a pilot study to investigate the screening program began in Turkey, has been expanded upon determination that high. Diseases such as phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis and biotinase deficiency can be detected with the Heel Blood Test, which is a simple and inexpensive method with a few drops of blood in the next 5-10 days after birth. Jaundice is the most common problem in the newborn and should be carefully monitored with the reason for the toxic effects of bilirubin. Hypothyroidism, one of the causes of indirect hyperbilirubinemia, is one of the most important endocrine diseases of childhood. Congenital hypothyroidism Symptoms and signs are very rare during the neonatal period. It is very important to detect congenital hypothyroidism in the early period and to eliminate the cause of the effect of thyroid hormone on the child's motormental development.