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Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the clinical suspicion and where the patients were when they received the result of the neonatal screening for 21 hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD)., Methods: The present data were derived from a retrospective analysis of a group of patients with classical 21OHD discovered by newborn screening and treated at the Center for Clinical Follow-up of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. Stadistic analysis of the data was performed using version 15.5 of the SPSS® software., Results: During the period from 1990 to 2015 of this study 46 children were diagnosed with classical 21OHD [36 with the salt-wasting (SW) and 10 with simple virilizing form (SV)]. The median age at diagnosis for the patients with the SW and SV form were 8.0 (6.0-9.0) and 18.0 (14.5-37.5) days respectively (P=0.001). In 35 (76.1%) patients the disease had not been suspected before the result of newborn screening, 28 patients affected by SW form, with a potential risk of death due to adrenal crisis (of which, in addition 6 women with incorrect assignment of sex at birth) and 7 patients affected with SV form. Two thirds of the patients with classic forms identified by neonatal screening were in their homes without suspicion of any disease or pending any additional study., Conclusions: Neonatal screening provided better performance than clinical suspicion. In the majority of patients with 21OHD detected by newborn screening, the diagnosis by screening was anticipated to the clinical suspicion of the disease even in female patients with ambiguous genitalia.

Objective: The purpose of this paper was to describe the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism (CH) by the Neonatal Screening Program in the Autonomous Community of Madrid during the state of alarm due to the COVID-19 health crisis., Methods: The data were extracted from the retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with CH and treated at the Clinical Diagnosis and Follow-up Center of CH located in the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit of the General University Hospital Gregorio Marañon., Results: During the period between March 14 and June 21, 2020, 7 neonates were diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism. The Screening Center contacted the Clinical Diagnosis and Follow-up Center urgently, with the location and clinical assessment of the patient on the same day, performing the usual complementary examinations in all of them according to clinical pathway. The median age of diagnosis was 15.5 days (range 7.00-24.00). The subsequent clinical and analytical follow-up was carried out in all cases according to the recommended times. All patients presented normalization of the thyroid function after two weeks of treatment., Conclusions: All patients seen at the Congenital Hypothyroidism Clinical Diagnosis and Follow-up Center during the alarm state period were diagnosed, treated and reevaluated following the usual clinical pathways without incidents. The current epidemiological situation of the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the correct functioning of the circuit of the Congenital Hypothyroidism Screening Program in less favorable circumstances.

Background: To compare the patients' and physician's global assessment of disease activity in Behçet's syndrome (BS) and investigate the frequency, magnitude, and determinants of potential discordance., Methods: A total of 226 adult BS patients with a median (IQR) age of 46.9 (35.6-55.2) years were enrolled across Italy, Greece, Portugal, and Spain. Demographic, clinical, and therapeutic variables, as well as the patient reported outcomes, were collected at the recruitment visit. The physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) component summary scores of the Short Form Questionnaire 36 (SF-36) and the Behçet's syndrome Overall Damage Index (BODI) were calculated. Disease activity was assessed by the patients' (PtGA) and physician's global assessment (PGA) in a 10-cm visual analog scale, as well as the Behçet Disease Current Activity Form (BDCAF). Discordance (∆) was calculated by subtracting the PGA from the PtGA and defined as positive (PtGA>PGA) and negative (PtGA 80%) of disagreements were due to patients rating higher their disease activity. Higher values of BDCAF were associated to increased rate of positive discordance. When BDCAF = 0, the median (IQR) values of PtGA and PGA were 0.2 (0-2) and 0 (0-1), respectively. PCS (adjusted odds ratio (adjOR) 0.96 per unit, 95% CI 0.93-0.98, p = 0.006) and MCS (adjOR 0.96 per unit, 95% CI 0.93-0.99, p = 0.003) were independently associated with positive discordance using both cutoffs. Active ocular involvement emerged as a potential determinant of negative discordance (adjOR 5.88, 95% CI 1.48-23.30, p = 0.012)., Conclusions: PtGA and PGA should be considered as complementary measures in BS, as patients and physicians may be influenced by different factors when assessing active disease manifestations. Particularly, PtGA may be a useful tool in the assessment of BS disease activity, as it carries a low risk to misclassify an inactive disease, and may allow to capture aspects of the patient's health that negatively affect his well-being and the treatment.