The implementation of screening programs for early detection of patients with sickle cell disease has become necessary in Italy as a result of the high rate of migration from areas with a high prevalence of the disease (Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and the Balkans). Following a pilot study performed in the province of Modena, Italy in 2011â2013, an official screening program was established on May 31 2014 for all pregnant women, free-of-charge for the family according to the National Guidelines for Physiological Pregnancy. Hemoglobin (Hb) profiles of pregnant women within 10 weeks of pregnancy, of new mothers at delivery and of the newborns of mothers with variant Hb profiles (newborns at-risk), were evaluated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Samples from 17,077 new mothers were analyzed and 993 showed alteration of Hb patterns (5.8%) (1.0% Hb AS carriers); of the 1011 at-risk newborns, four (0.4%) carried sickle cell disease and 90 (8.9%) were Hb AS carriers. These data show that early diagnosis of sickle cell disease or carrier status can be obtained in high-risk newborns, providing valuable information on the frequency of these conditions in geographic areas in which the disease is historically rare.
Universal Screening Program in Pregnant Women and Newborns at-Risk for Sickle Cell Disease: First Report from Northern Italy / Lodi, Mariachiara; Bigi, Elena; Palazzi, Giovanni; Vecchi, Lara; Morandi, Riccardo; Setti, Monica; Borsari, Silvana; Bergonzini, Giuliano; Iughetti, Lorenzo; Venturelli, Donatella. - In: HEMOGLOBIN. - ISSN 0363-0269. - 41:4-6(2017), pp. 230-233. [10.1080/03630269.2017.1405820]
Universal Screening Program in Pregnant Women and Newborns at-Risk for Sickle Cell Disease: First Report from Northern Italy
Lodi, MariachiaraData Curation
;Borsari, SilvanaInvestigation
;Bergonzini, GiulianoInvestigation
;Iughetti, LorenzoWriting – Review & Editing
;Venturelli, Donatella
Conceptualization
2017
Abstract
The implementation of screening programs for early detection of patients with sickle cell disease has become necessary in Italy as a result of the high rate of migration from areas with a high prevalence of the disease (Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and the Balkans). Following a pilot study performed in the province of Modena, Italy in 2011â2013, an official screening program was established on May 31 2014 for all pregnant women, free-of-charge for the family according to the National Guidelines for Physiological Pregnancy. Hemoglobin (Hb) profiles of pregnant women within 10 weeks of pregnancy, of new mothers at delivery and of the newborns of mothers with variant Hb profiles (newborns at-risk), were evaluated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Samples from 17,077 new mothers were analyzed and 993 showed alteration of Hb patterns (5.8%) (1.0% Hb AS carriers); of the 1011 at-risk newborns, four (0.4%) carried sickle cell disease and 90 (8.9%) were Hb AS carriers. These data show that early diagnosis of sickle cell disease or carrier status can be obtained in high-risk newborns, providing valuable information on the frequency of these conditions in geographic areas in which the disease is historically rare.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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