title: Tandem mass spectrometry in newborn screening: a primer for neonatal and perinatal nurses.
abstract: Since 1961, newborn screening for errors of metabolism (EM) has improved the diagnosis, treatment and outcome of newborns with an EM. Recently, advances in laboratory technology with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) has increased the identification of newborns with an EM. With a single dried filter paper blood spot (Guthrie R, Susi A. A simple phenylalanine method for detecting PKU in large populations of newborn infants. Pediatrics. 1963;32:338-343), MS/MS can identify more than 30 disorders of metabolism. This review will explore MS/MS to provide a better understanding of the development and application of this technology to newborn screening for perinatal and neonatal nurses.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore 97239, USA. bantawrs@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: Sandra A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Banta-Wright
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Steiner
mesh_terms: D000592:Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000379:methods; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011247:Pregnancy; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States