Selective Screening of Inborn Errors of Metabolism in Baghdad Al Karkh/Al-Ielam Sector Abdoun Mithal Abdulkareem1,*, ulkareem Raghad abd2 1College of Dentistry, Ibin Sina University of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Baghdad, Iraq 2Al Karkh Directorate al Ielam, District al Shabab, Primary Health Center, Ministry of Hrealth, Iraq *Corresponding Author: Mithal Abdulkareem Abdoun, College of Dentistry, Ibin Sina University of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Baghdad, Iraq, Email: mithal_aon@yahoo.com
Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract Inborn error metabolism (IEM) are genetically inherited diseases, though individually rare together they represent a significant percentage of children. In Iraq the neonatal screening program is considered as a systematic public health program for infants screening in the first 3-5days after delivery up to 2 month of age for congenital hypothyroidism(CH), phenyl ketonuria(PKU) and classical galactosemia(GALT) Aim To evaluate the neonatal screening program results in al-ielam district in the period1/8/2017 to 1/8/2018. Method This is across sectional-retrospective study that included 6777client from seven PHCCS in alielam district in the period Result The screened number in Baghdad/Al-Karkh-al ielam district from 1st of august 2017-1st of august 2018 was 6777. females were 3732 and 3045 were males. aged 3–5 days to one month. eight cases were identified and confirmed to have IEM (0.1% From the total number) five of them were female and three of them were males. The metabolic disorders diagnosed were, galactosemia4(0.06%), congenital hypothyroidism were3(0.04%)and phenyl ketone urea 1(0.01). Conclusions In this study there was a low prevalence rate in in Baghdad/Al-Karkh-al ielam district compared to the international standard. And the most frequent metabolic disorder is galactosemia comparing with the other disorders Top Keywords Inborn error metabolism, hypothyroidism (CH), phenyl ketonuria (PKU). Top |