neonatal screening

Preferred Label : neonatal screening;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : newborn infant screening; neonatal screenings; screening, neonatal; screenings, neonatal; infant, newborn, screening; newborn infant screenings; screening, newborn infant; screenings, newborn infant; Newborn Screening; Newborn Screenings; Screening, Newborn; Screenings, Newborn;

MeSH annotation : check tag INFANT, NEWBORN;

Details

Origin ID

D015997;

UMLS CUI

C0027617;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Infant Screening [NCIt concept]
- Neonatal screening (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Newborn Screening [NCIt concept]
- neonatal screening, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- newborn screening [MedlinePlus Topic]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- newborn screening [MedlinePlus Topic]
Metaterm(s)
- neonatology [CISMeF Metaterm]
- pediatrics [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- neonatal screening [MeSH concept]
See also
- prenatal diagnosis [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- neonatology [MeSH Descriptor]
- prenatal diagnosis [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Neonatal screening (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Newborn Screening [NCIt concept]
- neonatal screening, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- newborn screening [MedlinePlus Topic]

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