Prognosis for babies born with fused eyelids.
The overall mortality for babies referred to our unit with fused eyelids was 68.7%; but when severe skin bruising was present only one of 18 babies survived (5.6%). This compares with a survival rate of 75% for those not bruised at or soon after birth. Skin bruising invariably indicates a very poor prognosis in babies born with fused eyelids.
D003288:Contusions; D003422:Critical Care; D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis