Precision Medicine with Genetic Testing in Neonatal Intensive care

Abstract

The highest impact of genetic disorders through a human being ’ s lifespan isduring fetal, perinatal, and neonatal periods. Accurate diagnosis optimizes managementdecisions, and aids parent counseling. Medical professionals in the fi eld must therefore be cognizant of the foundations of genetic diseases and the indications, choices, prerequisites, and bene fi ts of selection of appropriate tests. Inappropriate selection of tests comes with several downsides — in the form of costs, inconclu-sive results, and ethical dilemmas. This article seeks to demystifysuccinctly,fromaclinician ’ sperspective,thevarious genetic tests available and aid selection of the most appropriate one in a given situation. We fi