Análise dos dados do teste neonatal (teste do pezinho) em Sumé, no período de 2005 a 2015.

Abstract

Neonatal Screening (NS) consists on identify possible pathologies in individuals to be screened. The neonatal screening became popularly known as the Bloospot Test, which are made collections of blood samples of newborns in the firsts days of life. The objective of Foot Test is screening various types of pathologies in the early days of the baby's life and, if diagnosed the disease should begin treatment immediately to prevent future irreversible consequences in newborns. The objective of this research was to analyze and quantify the data through minutes of the Maternity Hospital Alice de Almeida, located in the Sumé city, state of Paraiba, from 2005 to 2015. At the screening proceedings, they contained notes referring to screened, which by means of tests of reference values individuals were identified who had any of the four conditions that could be identified, hypothyroidism (TSH), phenylketonuria (PKU), hemoglobinopathies (HB) and/or Cystic Fibrosis (CF). In the period from 2005 to 2015 were recorded 2921 newborns. From the identification of affected and their baseline measurements were plotted illustrations and tables, quantified the annual and monthly incidence of each of the above pathologies. 22 cases were detected (PKU), 21 cases (TSH), 1 case of sickle cell anemia and no cases of cystic fibrosis, in the study period. These data show that the occurrence of PKU is 90.9 times upper the estimated UN and that the occurrence of TSH is 25.17 times upper the number of cases at national level, whereas the other investigated conditions are normal. This present study, which resulted in data considered alarming, will serve as a warning to health authorities of the city and region.