Updated Guidelines for Diagnosing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

An update to 2005 guidelines includes definitions of prenatal exposure, new lip and philtrum dysmorphology guide, and focus on a multidisciplinary team approach.

Sponsoring Organization: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, and the Collaboration on FASD Prevalence

Target Population: Pediatricians and other clinicians who evaluate children

Background and Objective: Based on literature review and combined experience evaluating >10,000 children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), the authors reexamined their 2005 guidelines, with a goal to providing greater clarity and specificity for identifying children with FASD.

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The guideline retains the four diagnostic categories from the original 1996 Institute of Medicine guideline — fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), partial fetal alcohol syndrome (PFAS), alcohol-related…

Reviewing Author

Cara Adler, MS

Updated Guidelines for Diagnosing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

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