Retinopathy of Prematurity

ROP

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arrest and blood vessel maldevelopment may be temporary or permanent minimal or severe The most severe complication of this disease is bilateral blindness in early childhood © University of Illinois Board of Trustees Usage without written permission is prohibited

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day 317 yet another eye exam or the unexpected lingering effects

ironically we were encouraged by the clinic staff to not book this eye exam considering how positive the results were from our unexpected exam <a href= http snowdeal org section ex machina 2005 03 eric update day 263 not ophthalmologic html rel= nofollow >less than two months ago< a> unless of course we suspected that something was wrong and we almost did skip it since neither of us has spent much time thinking about <a href= http snowdeal org section ex machina 2004 07 eric update day 21 otherwise known as html rel= nofollow >odin s< a> eyes since our <a href= http snowdeal org section ex machina 2005 03 eric update day 263 not ophthalmologic html rel= nofollow >opthamalogic emergency that wasn t< a> and while it s certainly not a dire emergency of the life threatening sort today we learned that we might not have fully escaped the lingering effects of <a href= http snowdeal org section ex machina 2004 09 eric update day 79 rop apparently very html rel= nofollow >retinopathy of prematurity< a> it seems that in two months odin s eyesight has gone from slight farsightedness which is normal for an infant to slight nearsightedness which is not for the numerically inclined he s gone from a +2 on the farsighted scale to a 1 25 on the nearsighted index which is obviously a shift of 3 units in a very short period of time will his sight shift another 3 units in the wrong direction indicating legal blindness in another 60 days statistics indicate that it s not highly likely but it s not unlikely enough to be considered improbable will his eyes spontaneously go back to normal almost certainly not unfortunately most often it s a one way trip to progressively worsening nearsightedness in cases such as odin s in reality all we can do is wait and er see what happens since nobody can predict how quickly or even if his eyesight will continue to deteriorate and in an almost amusing twist we ve been given the worse poss

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Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity ROP Photo ICEH Community Eye Health J 2004 17 51 41

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Darius Moshfeghi looks for the telltale signs of a blinding disease in a premature infant at Packard Children s

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day 1464 the long arm of prematurity reaches out and sucker punches

it was a sunny beautiful morning and odin came into the bedroom quot poppi i see spots i think i m getting sick quot and so that s how an otherwise normal day started at first i thought he might be <a href= https twitter com snowdeal statuses 842431888 >playing a game< a> but he was pretty specific and consistent with the details about the spots in terms of size and color and number i suddenly found myself attempting to not freak out as i recalled that <a href= https twitter com snowdeal statuses 842530407 >the sudden appearance of floaters could be sign of retina detaching< a> and of course most of you know he s at a higher risk for retinal detachment thanks to his history of <a href= http snowdeal org section ex machina 2004 09 eric update day 76 curse of nicu html >retinopathy of prematurity< a> so after debating whether or not we were being alarmist we <a href= https twitter com snowdeal statuses 842578522 >scheduled an emergency eye exam< a> and i found myself having a surreal lunch with co workers about the odds of odin having a detached retina a few short hours later and we re in the doctor s office and odin is going through the pupil dilation routine and time is slowing down to a halt dilation drops go in both eyes and left eye checks out fine right eye didn t dilate properly doc thinks the nurse didn t put drops in but i m sure she did something feels wrong the doc looks into odin s right eye after putting more drops in and waiting 10 more minutes pauses covers his odin s left eye and asks him to identify the shape on the wall quot i can t see it quot odin responded time is slowing down more odin is smiling happy to be sitting in the cool eye doctor chair as i hear the doc say <a href= https twitter com snowdeal statuses 842847056 > quot we have a problem quot < a> followed by phrases strung together loosely quot detached retina quot quot essentially no vision in the right eye q

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102 Eye poking and eye pressing occur in all culturesand is most common in children who have Leber s Amaurosis or retinopathy of prematurity ROP

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01 06 Retinopathy of prematurity stage 4 or needing treatment 01 07 Retinopathy of prematurity any stage 01 08 Necrotizing Enterocolitis

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03 13 Periventricular leukomalacia 03 14 Retinopathy of prematurity mod or severe in survivors 03 15 Neurodevelopmental abnormality at follow up in those examined

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01 17 Patent ductus arteriosus 01 18 Retinopathy of prematurity any stage 01 19 Retinopathy of prematurity > = stage 3 01 20 Sepsis

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Necrotising enterocolitis 01 10 Patent ductus arteriosus 01 11 Retinopathy of prematurity all stages 01 12 Retinopathy of prematurity Stages III and IV 01 13

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Necrotizing enterocolitis > = stage 2 01 14 Necrotizing enterocolitis any stage 01 15 Retinopathy of prematurity any stage 01 16 Patent ductus arteriosus clinically significant 01 17

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Periventricular leucomalacia 01 09 Necrotizing enterocolitis 01 10 Retinopathy of prematurity grade 3 or 4 01 11 Sepsis 01 12

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01 15 Severe intraventricular hemorrhage Grade III and IV 01 16 Periventricular leukomalacia 01 17 Retinopathy of prematurity 01 18 Severe retinopathy of prematurity Stage III or greater 02 Protein containing synthetic surfactant vs animal derived surfactant in infants at

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01 14 Bleeding diathesis 01 15 Any retinopathy of prematurity ROP 01 16 Duration of hospital stay days

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05 13 Periventricular leukomalacia 05 14 Retinopathy of prematurity mod or severe in survivors 05 15 Neurodevelopmental abnormality at 1 3 yrs in those examined

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01 04 Oxygen use at 36 weeks PMA in survivors 01 05 Retinopathy of prematurity any grade in examined infants 01 06 One or more episodes of sepsis

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