Prevalence of CH that identified in neonatal screening program in Mashhad health center ۲۰۱۱

Introduction: Congenital hypothyroidism is the most common endocrine disease and is a major cause of preventable mental retardation. In most cases, it seems quite natural born at birth with delayed diagnosis, complications will cause irreparable brain. Now almost all industrialized countries and many developing countries the newborn screening program to systematically do. Khorasan Province neonatal hypothyroidism screening using TSH measurements are taken from the heel onto filter paper from the year ۲۰۰۶. Methods: This study is a retrospective study of neonatal screening results are. In a thyroid screening program to inform all mothers through health centers in ۳ to ۵ days of birth, blood samples on filter paper obtained their heels and the TSH is measured in this study, the results of the ۲۰۱۱ cases were analyzed. Results: Newborn screening of ۲۴,۷۰۳ cases in ۲۰۱۱, ۵۲% of the infants was girls and ۴۸% boys. Samples in ۳ to ۵ days, and ۳۰% of the time for various reasons, was later scheduled the ۹۶.۹% of normal results (i.e. TSH less than ۵), and ۳% were suspected (i.e., ۵ to ۲۰) and ۰.۰۱% positive (i.e. more than ۲۰) have been reported. In positive tests for suspected cases of ۴% and a total of ۱.۳ in a thousand babies have been born with hypothyroidism that the statistics of the prevalence of hypothyroidism (۱ in ۵۰۰۰ births) is more. Conclusions: congenital hypothyroidism incidence in the study population in the province ۱.۳ that the results obtained in births is lower than the national rate (۱.۷ in a thousand births) is.