Can someone help me find an specific Medical History format for patients diagnosed with an inborn error of metabolism by neonatal screening or in general? Or do you work with general medical history formats?
symptoms and signs of many diseases seen in neonatal and early infantil period is not specific. Therefore, firstly one should be suspected, and secondly history is important.
Nirmala's literature to check is quite well, but if you are asking for medical history in inborn errors of metabolism, as far as I know there are no pull down menues to make the diagnose available, taking into account that most of the diseases are autosomal recessive inherited.
Nevertheless, as a pediatrican who deals with rare diseases and inborn errors of metabolism, i believe in a good questionair regarding a pedigree analyses in whom data at least two generations should be downstream requested. are there any early death, any family diseases are known. Many of the inborn errors of metabolism are not new onset mutations.
Hello Demian I worked in big center for metabolic and endocrine disorders in kuwait
first suspect , 2ndly if family history of still birth or intra uterine fetal death or previous affected offsprings you must do check list of investigations and follow
you must contract also genetic ceners , and neurology units
ther was one book is called metabolic vademacum nice and supporting.