Apnea and bradycardia in two premature infants during routine outpatient retinopathy of prematurity screening.
Two unrelated premature infants at risk for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) were discharged home from a neonatal intensive care unit. Appropriately timed ROP examinations were performed in an outpatient setting in a free-standing pediatric ophthalmologist's private office remote from any hospital. The infants developed severe apnea and bradycardia at the end of the ROP examinations. As a result, a new protocol for outpatient ROP screening was developed.
Wood
Michael G
MG
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
Kaufman
Lawrence M
LM
D001049:Apnea / Q000209:etiology*; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000209:etiology*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D010045:Outpatients; D010824:Physicians' Offices; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index