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Estimated Number of Infants Detected and Missed by Critical Congenital Heart Defect Screening

Elizabeth C. Ailes, Suzanne M. Gilboa, Margaret A. Honein and Matthew E. Oster
Pediatrics June 2015, 135 (6) 1000-1008; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-3662
Elizabeth C. Ailes
aNational Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia;
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Suzanne M. Gilboa
aNational Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia;
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Margaret A. Honein
aNational Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia;
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Matthew E. Oster
aNational Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia;
bSibley Heart Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia; and
cDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In 2011, the US Secretary of Health and Human Services recommended universal screening of newborns for critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs), yet few estimates of the number of infants with CCHDs likely to be detected through universal screening exist. Our objective was to estimate the number of infants with nonsyndromic CCHDs in the United States likely to be detected (true positives) and missed (false negatives) through universal newborn CCHD screening.

METHODS: We developed a simulation model based on estimates of birth prevalence, prenatal diagnosis, late detection, and sensitivity of newborn CCHD screening through pulse oximetry to estimate the number of true-positive and false-negative nonsyndromic cases of the 7 primary and 5 secondary CCHD screening targets identified through screening.

RESULTS: We estimated that 875 (95% uncertainty interval [UI]: 705–1060) US infants with nonsyndromic CCHDs, including 470 (95% UI: 360–585) infants with primary CCHD screening targets, will be detected annually through newborn CCHD screening. An additional 880 (UI: 700–1080) false-negative screenings, including 280 (95% UI: 195–385) among primary screening targets, are expected. We estimated that similar numbers of CCHDs would be detected under scenarios comparing “lower” (∼19%) and “higher” (∼41%) than current prenatal detection prevalences.

CONCLUSIONS: A substantial number of nonsyndromic CCHD cases are likely to be detected through universal CCHD screening; however, an equal number of false-negative screenings, primarily among secondary targets of screening, are likely to occur. Future efforts should document the true impact of CCHD screening in practice.

  • Accepted March 6, 2015.
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Estimated Number of Infants Detected and Missed by Critical Congenital Heart Defect Screening
Elizabeth C. Ailes, Suzanne M. Gilboa, Margaret A. Honein, Matthew E. Oster
Pediatrics Jun 2015, 135 (6) 1000-1008; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3662

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