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Descriptor English: Neonatal Screening
Descriptor Spanish: Tamizaje Neonatal
Descriptor cribado neonatal
Entry term(s) cribado del recién nacido
screening neonatal
Scope note: Identificación de parámetros seleccionados en niños recién nacidos mediante diversas pruebas, exámenes u otros procedimientos. El cribado puede efectuarse a través de pruebas clínicas o de laboratorio. Una prueba de cribado está diseñada para distinguir NEONATOS sanos de los que no están bien, si bien la prueba de cribado no se considera una herramienta diagnóstica, sino epidemiológica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Triagem Neonatal
Descriptor French: Dépistage néonatal
Entry term(s): Infant, Newborn, Screening
Neonatal Screenings
Newborn Infant Screening
Newborn Infant Screenings
Newborn Screening
Newborn Screenings
Screening, Neonatal
Screening, Newborn
Screening, Newborn Infant
Screenings, Neonatal
Screenings, Newborn
Screenings, Newborn Infant
Tree number(s): E01.370.225.910
E01.370.500.580
E05.200.910
E05.318.308.980.438.580.580
N02.421.726.233.443.816
N05.715.360.300.800.438.500.575
N06.850.520.308.980.438.580.580
N06.850.780.500.580
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015997
Scope note: The identification of selected parameters in newborn infants by various tests, examinations, or other procedures. Screening may be performed by clinical or laboratory measures. A screening test is designed to sort out healthy neonates (INFANT, NEWBORN) from those not well, but the screening test is not intended as a diagnostic device, rather instead as epidemiologic.
Annotation: check tag INFANT, NEWBORN
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Infant, Newborn (1966-1989)
Mass Screening (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
Related: Prenatal Diagnosis MeSH
DeCS ID: 29480
Unique ID: D015997
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/25
Revision Date: 2017/07/03
Neonatal Screening - Preferred
Concept UI M0024457
Scope note The identification of selected parameters in newborn infants by various tests, examinations, or other procedures. Screening may be performed by clinical or laboratory measures. A screening test is designed to sort out healthy neonates (INFANT, NEWBORN) from those not well, but the screening test is not intended as a diagnostic device, rather instead as epidemiologic.
Preferred term Neonatal Screening
Entry term(s) Infant, Newborn, Screening
Neonatal Screenings
Newborn Infant Screening
Newborn Infant Screenings
Newborn Screening
Newborn Screenings
Screening, Neonatal
Screening, Newborn
Screening, Newborn Infant
Screenings, Neonatal
Screenings, Newborn
Screenings, Newborn Infant



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