OBJECTIVE To compare three cystic fibrosis (CF) newborn screening strategies used in Victoria since 1989. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective review of newborn screening and clinical records for people with CF born in Victoria between 1989 and 2008 to compare screening strategies: repeat immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT) testing (IRT/IRT, 1989-1990), IRT and p.F508del mutation analy...

BACKGROUND To examine long-term growth benefit of newborn screening (NBS), adolescent peak height velocity (PHV), and adult height were compared between the screened (diagnosed early via NBS) and the control (identified generally by symptoms) in the Wisconsin Randomized Clinical Trial. METHODS Data from 107 children born in 1985-1994 and followed through 2012 were analyzed. PHV was estimated ...

With the increasing efficiency of the surgery of the newborn the accurate diagnosis of congenital anomalies of the alimentary tract has become more important. The technical aids to the diagnosis of congenital intestinal obstruction are of three types: (1) radiological examination, taking advantage of the gas in the bowel and occasionally using opaque substances; (2) the examination of vomited a...