WHYY Reports NJ’s New CHD Screening Guidelines
Terry Anderson, M.D., a pediatric cardiologist at CHOP
Specialty Care at Voorhees was interviewed by WHYY about a recently released
report, endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of
Cardiology Foundation, and the American Heart Association, which will give
guidance to states & hospitals looking to implement newborn screenings to
test for congenital heart disease. New Jersey has already adopted these
standards, and will begin screening every newborn before discharge by August, 31st. To learn more about these guidelines read the
WHYY article.
Posted at 04:13PM Aug 25, 2011
by Juliann Walsh in Cardiac |
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