Actions in Support of Newborn Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease -- United States, 2011-2018.

CONGENITAL heart disease diagnosis; DISEASE risk factors; MORTALITY risk factors; NEWBORN screening; HYPOXEMIA; AMERICAN Academy of Pediatrics; CATASTROPHIC illness; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; CONGENITAL heart disease; HEALTH outcome assessment; OXIMETRY; POLICY sciences; PUBLIC health surveillance; QUALITY assurance; PULSE oximeters; DISEASE management; HUMAN services programs; EARLY diagnosis; PROGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL laws; THERAPEUTICS

The article deals with the decision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2001 to add critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) to the list of conditions recommended to states for universal newborn screening. Topics covered include a decline in mortality from CCHD and other cardiac causes in infants less than six months based on 2007-2013 data. A table is also presented that shows state legislation and regulations for newborn screening for CCHD from 2011 to 2018.