The Term Newborn: Postnatal Screening and Testing

Kathryn A Johnson; Valerian Catanzarite

doi:10.1016/j.clp.2021.05.007

The Term Newborn: Postnatal Screening and Testing

Clin Perinatol. 2021 Aug;48(3):555-572. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2021.05.007.

Authors

Kathryn A Johnson¹, Valerian Catanzarite²

Affiliations

¹ University of California, San Diego, 9300 Campus Point Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037-7774, USA. Electronic address: kajohnson@health.ucsd.edu.
² San Diego Perinatal Center, Rady Children's Specialists of San Diego, 7910 Frost Street Suite 130, San Diego, CA 92131, USA.

PMID: 34353580
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2021.05.007

Abstract

Prenatal genetic screening, including evaluation for inherited genetic disorders, aneuploidy risk assessment, and sonographic assessment, combined with a thorough newborn examination and standard newborn screening, including blood, hearing, and congenital heart disease screening, can reveal conditions requiring further evaluation after delivery. Abnormal prenatal or newborn screening results should prompt additional diagnostic testing guided by maternal fetal medicine, perinatal genetics, or pediatric specialists.

Keywords: Critical congenital heart disease screening; Genetic screening in pregnancy; Newborn hearing screening; Newborn physical examination; Newborn screening; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal ultrasonography.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aneuploidy
Child
Female
Genetic Testing
Heart Defects, Congenital* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis*
Ultrasonography, Prenatal