Evaluation of TSH levels in the program of congenital hypothyroidism newborn screening in a pilot study of preterm newborns in Bogotá, Colombia
- Giraldo Ospina, Gustavo Adolfo
- Suárez Obando, Fernando
- Mora Barreto, Lina Maria
- Sanchez, Pilar
- Prieto Rivera, Juan Carlos
DOIAbstract
Q31-5Introduction: Preterm infants (<37 weeks of gestation) have low levels of thyroid hormones due to multiple factors. Objective: To evaluate levels of thyroid-stimulation hormone (TSH) in the program congenital hypothyroidism (CH) newborn screening in a sample of preterm infants in the city of Bogota´, Colombia. Methods: The Secretarı´a de Salud Distrital screening protocol for CH (blood sample is collected from the umbilical cord in all the newborns) remeasured the serum TSH and heel TSH when preterm infants completed 37 weeks of gestation. Results: A total of 59 preterm neonates were rescreened, of which 2 neonates had elevated levels of TSH and 1 neonate had transient hypothyroxinemia. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov 2-sample/bilateral st...
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