Importance of the ophthalmological evaluation in newborns Importância da avaliação oftalmológica em recém-natos

dc.contributor.authorWasilewski D.
dc.contributor.authorZago R.J.
dc.contributor.authorBardal A.M.C.
dc.contributor.authorHeusi T.M.
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho F.P.
dc.contributor.authorMaciel L.F.
dc.contributor.authorMoreira H.
dc.contributor.authorGehlen M.L.
dc.contributor.authorShwetz E.A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T01:46:34Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T01:46:34Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractObjective: to verify the existence of ocular diseases in the first 48 hours of life of newborns and relate it to the clinical suspicious of pediatricians. Methods: a prospective study was performed. All infants that were born between July and December of 2000 were evaluated in the nursery of Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba (HUEC). Six hundred sixty-seven newborns were evaluated through a protocol by residents and tutors of ophthalmology, regardless of pediatricians' suspicious of ocular disorder. The examination consisted of inspection, oblique illumination, evaluation of ocular deviation and direct ophthalmoscopy (red reflex) in all patients. Results: among all examined newborns, 3.75% showed some ocular disease. The most frequent problem was corneal opacity. The ocular diseases were not noticed by pediatricians, neonatologists and parents in fifty-six per cent of the cases presenting some problem. Conclusions: this study showed that many ocular disorders presented at birth are not noticed by pediatricians (56%), which highlights the importance of ophthalmological evaluation in all newborns as a routine examination in the first 48 hours of life. Copyright © 2002 by Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria.
dc.description.firstpage209
dc.description.issuenumber3
dc.description.lastpage212
dc.description.volume78
dc.identifier.doi10.2223/jped.832
dc.identifier.issn0021-7557
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/38015
dc.relation.ispartofJornal de Pediatria
dc.rightsAcesso Aberto
dc.titleImportance of the ophthalmological evaluation in newborns Importância da avaliação oftalmológica em recém-natos
dc.typeArtigo
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