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An audit of the thyroid screening programme in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services
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| author | Carrihill, Michelle Margaret |
| author2 | Delport, Steven V |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/2782 An audit of the thyroid screening programme in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services Carrihill, Michelle Margaret Delport, Steven V Paediatric Endocrinology Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-60). To audit the crod blood thryoid screening programme in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services (PMNS) in the 5 year period from 01/01/2000 to 31/12/2004, focusing on coverage, recall rate and success, number of cases detected, incidence of congenital hypothryoidism in this population; and cost efficiency of the programme. All babies born in the PMNS from 01/01/2000 to 31/12/2004 were included in the audit. The medical records of all babies recalled following an abnormal screen were examined. 140 507 babies were born in the PMNS during the audit period, while 130 389 primary Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) screens were done (92.8% coverage). 2 207 of the screened babies had abnormal results requiring review. 2014-07-28T08:30:23Z 2014-07-28T08:30:23Z 2008 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2782 eng application/pdf Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Paediatric Endocrinology Carrihill, Michelle Margaret An audit of the thyroid screening programme in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An audit of the thyroid screening programme in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services |
| title_full | An audit of the thyroid screening programme in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services |
| title_fullStr | An audit of the thyroid screening programme in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services |
| title_full_unstemmed | An audit of the thyroid screening programme in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services |
| title_short | An audit of the thyroid screening programme in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services |
| title_sort | audit of the thyroid screening programme in the peninsula maternal and neonatal services |
| topic | Paediatric Endocrinology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2782 |
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