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Prenatal and Perinatal Quick Table: All Relevant Recommendations

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Please note: In 2003, the CTF updated its Grades of Recommendations to include an "I Recommendation" for situations where insufficient evidence exists to allow a recommendation to be made. (Formerly, these situations were captured under a "C Recommendation".) This change is not retroactive, and all "C Recommendations" made prior to 2003 have not been reevaluated in light of the new "I" recommendation grade. For a discussion of these recommendation grades, please link to the 2003 article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal here.

Quick Table of All Recommendations Specific and Relevant to Prenatal and Perinatal Care

Condition	Maneuver	Population
"A" Recommendations
Congenital hypothyroidism	Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) test	Neonates
Dental caries	Community fluoridation, fluoride toothpaste or supplement	General population
Hemoglobinopathies	Hemoglobin electrophoresis	High-risk neonates
Household and recreational injury	Public education/ Legislation on poison control	General population
Influenza	Influenza vaccination	General population
Influenza	Neuraminidase inhibitor prophylaxis	General population
MVA injury	Legislation, restraint use and control of drinking and driving	General population
Ophthalmia neonatorum	Ocular prophylaxis	Newborns
Phenylketonuria	Serum phenylalanine screening	Newborns
"B" Recommendations
Adverse consequences, children of alcoholics	Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST)	General population
Household and recreational injury	Legislation, window and stair guards, smoke detectors	General population
Household and recreational injury	Public education/ Legislation, fire burn and water (tub and swimming) safety	General population
MVA Injury	Counselling on restraint use and avoidance of drinking and driving	General population
Problem drinking	Case finding and counselling	General population
"C" Recommendations
Child maltreatment	Sexual abuse, abduction prevention programs	General population
Dental caries	Counselling, diet or baby bottle	General and high-risk population
Iron deficiency anemia	Routine hemoglobin	General population
Lead exposure	Universal screening (Blood lead level or questionnaire)	General population
"D" Recommendations
Child maltreatment	Screen for risk of maltreating children	General population
Cystic fibrosis	DNA analysis for carrier status	General population
Cystic fibrosis	Sweat test, immunoreactive trypsin and "BM meconium" test	General population
Diabetes mellitus	Blood glucose, fasting	Non-pregnant General Population
Urinary infection	Urine dipstick	Newborns

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