[Ophthalmologic evaluation at the age of 2 years of newborn infants hospitalized in the neonatology center at Rennes].
The eyes of 1 466 children (88.3% of the total) who were admitted to the Centre for premature babies and the neonatal intensive care unit at Rennes between 1973-1975 were re-examined at the age of 2 years. There were 839 premature and 226 term babies whose weight was appropriate for gestational age, and 74 premature and 327 term babies who were small for dates. 95 (6.5%) had eye disorders at the age of 2. Abnormalities were more common in infants with a Birth weight of less than 1 500 g and in those with a gestional age of less than 28-30 weeks. Boys were more commonly affected than girls. 38% of the children with eye disorders had other problems of which the commonest was mental retardation (75%). There was no relation between perinatal complication and the incidence of eye disorders. The most common abnormality was squint (94%) but other problems were major (blindness, cataracts, retrolental fibroplasia). 37% of the abnormalities had not been diagnosed until found in the survey at the age of 2 years.
D001724:Birth Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases; D009359:Neonatology; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013285:Strabismus / Q000453:epidemiology
Bilan ophthalmologique à deux ans des nouveau-nés hospitalisés au centre de néonatologie de Rennes.