Abstract
To be an effective preventive pediatric and public health strategy, newborn screening for hereditary metabolic disorders should include 100% of all neonates as the target population. Delaying screening for critically-ill and premature infants places the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) population at high risk for developing devastating side effects of untreated or late-treated metabolic diseases. A clinical nursing project was undertaken in The Johns Hopkins Hospital NICU to develop specific metabolic screening criteria for this special population.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 113-117 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Pediatric nursing |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Mar 1 1993 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics