ReviewSudanese journal of paediatrics2012
Overview of diagnosis, management and outcome of congenital hypothyroidism: A call for a national screening programme in Sudan.
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- Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism: worldwide coverage 50 years after its start.European thyroid journal · 2025Review
- Current Status of Newborn Bloodspot Screening Worldwide 2024: A Comprehensive Review of Recent Activities (2020-2023).International journal of neonatal screening · 2024Review
- Comment on: Prediction of retinopathy of prematurity using the screening algorithm WINROP in a Saudi cohort of preterm infants.Saudi medical journal · 2020Article
- Incidence of newborn screening disorders among 56632 infants in Central Saudi Arabia. A 6-year study.Saudi medical journal · 2020Article
- Professionalism in medicine and hyposkillia.Sudanese journal of paediatrics · 2014Article
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Abstract
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is the commonest preventable cause of mental retardation in children worldwide. It continued to be a major health problem amongst Sudanese children. The lack of a screening programme in Sudan may be the major factor of missing the diagnosis in newborns with such a condition that can present very subtle clinically, yet with poor neurodevelopmental consequences. The outcome is very good when the condition is noticed early (in the first 2 - 3 weeks of life). However, the prognosis is guarded when the diagnosis is delayed, with a squeal of different degrees of developmental delay depending on the severity of the condition. In this overview, we tried to highlight the important issues of screening, diagnosis and outcome with and without early management, worldwide. We thereby send a call out for all paediatricians and endocrine clinicians who work locally or outside Sudan to collaborate with the Sudanese Society of Paediatrician as well as other stakeholders in Sudan to help establishing a national screening programme for all common and preventable causes of childhood illnesses which has devastating consequences such as CH.
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