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what the risks are infant screening tests, newborn screening tests look, serious developmental, genetic disorders so that important action, critical time, symptoms develop, individual states each regulate newborn screening, diseases screened vary considerably, most states require three to eight tests, but organizations the march of dimes suggest more than two dozen additional tests, most thorough screening panel checks, 40 disorders, all 50 states screen for congenital hypothyroidism blood tests, a health care professional, prick the baby's heel, obtain a drop, two of blood, blood is sent to a lab, analysis, hearing test, an audiologist, place a tiny earpiece, microphone, in the infant's ear, stick electrodes on the baby's head, there is no preparation necessary, newborn screening tests, the baby is between 24 hours and 7 days old, the baby goes home, hospital, baby, most likely cry, heel is priced, obtain the small blood sample, hearing test should not cause the baby to feel pain, cry, respond, screening tests, not diagnose illnesses, identify which babies need additional testing to confirm, rule out illnesses, good screening tests have a low false-negative rate, test is normal, child, healthy, high false-positive rate, many affected children, should test positive, many healthy children also test positive, a disorder is diagnosed on follow-up testing, appropriate treatment, started right away, symptoms appear, screening tests, detect a number of disorders, biotinidase deficiency, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, congenital hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis, galactosemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, g6pd, hearing problems, hemoglobinopathy disorders, traits, homocystinuria, human immunodeficiency disease, hiv, maple syrup urine disease, medium-chain acyl-coa dehydrogenase, mcad, sickle cell disease, toxoplasmosis, specific tests, acylcarnitine profile, test screens, organic acid, fatty acids disorders, methylmalonic acidemia, mma, amino acid profile, test looks, amino acid deficiencies maple syrup urine disease and phenylketonuria , , apgar, apgar test is performed one to five minutes after birth, observers evaluate heart rate, breathing, activity, and skin color to detect which babies, need extra medical attention, in the delivery room, normal values, each screening test , vary depending on how the test is performed, an abnormal result, does not mean that the baby has the indicated illness, most babies, an abnormal screening result turn out not to have the illness, an abnormal result does mean that the child should have additional testing to confirm, rule out the condition, risks, the newborn heel prick blood sample include pain, bruising, site, blood was obtained, newborn testing is critical, the baby to receive treatment that life saving, not all disorders, detected by the screening tests, although states, not perform all screening tests, parents, have additional tests done by qualified laboratories at large medical centers, private laboratories also offer newborn screening, parents, find out, extra newborn screening tests from physician, hospital, baby, born, organizations, march of dimes, newborn screening, aboutnewbornscreening, com, accessed on, march of dimes, recommended newborn screening tests, marchofdimes, com/professionals/681_15455.asp, accessed on, graves jc, miller ke, sellers ad, maternal serum triple analyte screening in pregnancy, am fam physician, 2002 mar 1, 65(5), 915-20.