ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Although there are several studies on the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism (CH), there are few data showing incidence and evolution of CH detected by the second newborn screening (NBS).Objectives: To assess the incidence of CH in Lombardia region and the percentage of patients identified by the 2ndNBS. To describe the clinical features and evolution of CH patients detected by the 2nd</...

Background: The benefit of re-screening at 15 days of life in infants born to mothers with thyroid diseases (TD+) is a debated issue. In Italy, all the 16 newborn screening (NBS) laboratories use TSH measurement on dried blood spot as primary screening test for primary congenital hypothyroidism (CH) and adopt a 2-screen strategy in special categories of infants at risk of delayed TSH rise (preterm birth, admission to NICU, extra-thyroidal malformations, twinni...