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| B L TherrellSummaryAffiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center Country: USA Publications
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Expanded newborn screening in Texas: a survey and educational module addressing the knowledge of pediatric residentsAmy Stanford Wells
Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 64341 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Genet Med 11:163-8. 2009..To assess the effectiveness of an educational module as a tool for improving the knowledge of pediatric residents about newborn screening and its expansion in Texas...- Including the initial newborn screening bloodspot collection device serial number on birth certificates: basis and recommendations from the Secretary of Health and Human Services' Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and ChildrenBradford L Therrell
National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
Genet Med 15:229-33. 2013..Mutual data linking would provide quality checks for each data source, determinations of percentages of newborns screened, and identification of locations where screening is lacking... - Immunoreactive Trypsinogen (IRT) as a Biomarker for Cystic Fibrosis: challenges in newborn dried blood spot screeningBradford L Therrell
National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center, 1912 West Anderson Lane, Suite 210, Austin, TX, USA
Mol Genet Metab 106:1-6. 2012..Informative findings are reported, their impacts on improving IRT screening are described, and their implications are discussed... - Newborn Screening System Performance Evaluation Assessment Scheme (PEAS)Bradford L Therrell
National Newborn Screening and Genetics Center, Austin, TX 78759, USA
Semin Perinatol 34:105-20. 2010..Readers are encouraged to identify their role in the system and to interact appropriately at the local level. The comprehensive PEAS indicator list is provided as an Appendix... 
Considerations in choosing screening conditions: one (US) approachBradford L Therrell
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
Ann Acad Med Singapore 37:22-5. 2008..This report outlines and summarises the processes and outcomes leading to the current NBS recommendations in the United States...- Financing newborn screening systems: US experienceBradford L Therrell
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
Ann Acad Med Singapore 37:97-4. 2008..Surveys have increasingly found a reliance on fees to pay for screening tests, short-term follow-up and other parts of state NBS systems. This article reviews some of the current US NBS financing issues and methodologies... - Newborn screening for all identifiable disorders with tandem mass spectrometry is cost effective: supporting argumentsBradford L Therrell
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
Ann Acad Med Singapore 37:32-4. 2008..Reported here are some of the supporting arguments... - Newborn screening in North AmericaBradford L Therrell
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
J Inherit Metab Dis 30:447-65. 2007..New partnerships between health professionals, consumers and politicians are benefiting the overall screening systems in both countries... - National evaluation of US newborn screening system componentsBradford L Therrell
National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center, Austin, Texas 78757, USA
Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 12:236-45. 2006..Limited federal actions through grant incentives and selected reporting requirements provide a possible means of stimulating programs to participate in national harmonization efforts... - Status of newborn screening programs in the United StatesBradford L Therrell
National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center, Austin, TX 78757, USA
Pediatrics 117:S212-52. 2006..Consequently, there is a significant lack of equity in newborn screening services across the country... - Understanding newborn screening system issues with emphasis on cystic fibrosis screeningBradford L Therrell
National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center, Austin, TX 78757, USA
J Pediatr 147:S6-10. 2005..For effective CF NBS, CF care centers will need to partner with NBS programs to ensure optimal health benefits, and programs will need to continually evaluate diagnostic and outcome data in order to refine their screening protocols... - U.S. newborn screening policy dilemmas for the twenty-first centuryB L Therrell
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Austin, Texas 78757, USA
Mol Genet Metab 74:64-74. 2001..This minireview details past policy history in newborn screening and identifies some of the current issues confronting programs as they seek to move ahead with the technologies and medical treatments for the twenty-first century... - Financing newborn screening: sources, issues, and future considerationsBradford L Therrell
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 13:207-13. 2007..A majority of programs (63%) reported budget increases between 2002 and 2005, with increases primarily from fees (72%) and to a lesser extent from Medicaid, the Title V block grant, and state general revenues... - Challenges and opportunities in establishing and maintaining newborn screening systemsBradford L Therrell
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 34:6-12. 2003..Each program confronts these barriers in its own way and various examples of overcoming barriers are discussed including linkages to immunization programs, regional planning, program advocacy, and legislation... - Ethical, legal and social issues in newborn screening in the United StatesBradford L Therrell
US National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center, Austin, Texas 78757, USA
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 34:52-8. 2003..It was also recognized that studies should be carried out to improve parental understanding of newborn screening and the informed permission process, and to improve the public's overall understanding of the screening process... - Financing state newborn screening programs: sources and uses of fundsKay Johnson
Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Pediatrics 117:S270-9. 2006..Use of federal funding is currently limited; however, pressure to provide dedicated federal funding would likely increase if national recommendations for a uniform newborn screening panel were issued... - Data integration and warehousing: coordination between newborn screening and related public health programsBradford L Therrell
US National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center, Austin, Texas 78757, USA
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 34:63-8. 2003..As a minimum, data linkages should exist between newborn dried blood spot screening, newborn hearing screening, immunizations, birth certificates and birth defect registries... - Newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasiaB L Therrell
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 30:15-30. 2001..It is hoped that newborn screening programs will begin to provide answers to some of these question in addition to their primary function of reducing the morbidity and mortality resulting from CAH... - Long-term follow-up data collection and use in state newborn screening programsTimothy Hoff
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, 1 University Pl, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:994-1000. 2007..To describe and analyze the types of data-related policies and practices that currently exist among state newborn screening (NBS) programs in relation to long-term follow-up (LTFU) and oversight for newborns with confirmed disorders... - Newborn screening in the Asia Pacific regionCarmencita D Padilla
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, and Institute of Human Genetics, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines
J Inherit Metab Dis 30:490-506. 2007.... - Newborn screening: the role of the obstetricianAgne Larsson
Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
Clin Obstet Gynecol 45:697-710; discussion 730-2. 2002 - DNA diagnosis confirms hemoglobin deletion in newborn screen follow-upUrvashi Bhardwaj
Departments of Pediatrics and Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Mattel Children s Hospital at UCLA, and Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095 1752, USA
J Pediatr 142:346-8. 2003..This approach will provide rapid diagnostic clarification in newborn screening follow-up... - Newborn screening: rationale for a comprehensive, fully integrated public health systemLinda L McCabe
Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA
Mol Genet Metab 77:267-73. 2002..In order to understand these challenges, it is helpful to review briefly the history of newborn screening... - Naming and counting disorders (conditions) included in newborn screening panelsLawrence Sweetman
Institute of Metabolic Disease, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Pediatrics 117:S308-14. 2006..This nomenclature system is proposed to remove ambiguity and to increase national uniformity in naming and counting screening disorders... - Communication of positive newborn screening results for sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait: variation across statesPatricia L Kavanagh
Division of General Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 148:15-22. 2008..1-2.5%). Wide variation exists in stakeholder notification by NBS programs of positive screenings for SCD and trait. This variation may alter the effectiveness of NBS programs by location of birth...