Prevalência das doenças diagnosticadas pela triagem neonatal na região de saúde Garças-Araguaia

Abstract

Neonatal Screening (TN) is a preventive action that aimed at the neonatal screening of children with genetic diseases, through laboratory tests, and they should be diagnosed and treated as early as possible in order to avoid irreversible sequelae. The objective of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of pathologies diagnosed in Brazil by the Neonatal Screening test in newborns treated in the Garças-Araguaia region between 2013 and 2016 years. A total of 4057 newborns were registered in the ten studied cities, and eight newborns were diagnosed with genetic disease. The prevalence detected was: congenital hypothyroidism - 1: 1014, cystic fibrosis - 1: 2029, phenylketonuria - 1: 4057 and sickle cell anemia - 1: 4057. Neonatal screening coverage was 58.8%, considering the average in the ten municipalities of the Garças-Araguaia region. The knowledge of TN coverage and the prevalence of diagnosed diseases is important for improvements in the child's health policy, as well as ensuring early diagnosis so that irreversible sequelae do not occur.