The nurse recognizes that a chromosomal analysis of a newborn baby is most likely to include which of the following laboratory tests?
1. Karyotype
2. Newborn screen
3. Carrier testing
4. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Karyotype
Rationale: The karyotype provides an analysis of the number and structure of the chromosomes. Newborn screening seeks to identify inborn errors of metabolism. Carrier testing is completed on asymptomatic individuals who may be carriers of one copy of a gene alteration that can be transmitted to future children in an autosomal recessive or X-linked pattern of inheritance. Preimplantation genetic testing in human embryos just after in vitro fertilization and before implantation in the uterus involves the detection of disease-causing gene alterations.
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