Systemic changes and adverse effects induced by retinopathy of prematurity screening
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Xian-Qiong Luo. Department of Neonatology, Guangdong Province Women and Children's Hospital, 521, 523 Xinnan Avenue, Panyu District, Guangzhou 511400, Guangdong Province, China. luoxqgz@126.com

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.71173055).

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    AIM: To estimate the potential systemic events during and after retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening. METHODS: A prospective and descriptive designed study was conducted to detect the physiologic and pathological changes 24h before, during, and 72h after ROP screening. Control blood pressure (BP), saturation, pulse rate, and body temperature were routinely taken at various time internals before and after screening. Adverse effects pertain to cardiovascular system, respiratory system, gastric system, urinary system and nervous system were retrospect 0-72h after ROP screening at a 24-hour interval. RESULTS: Totally 1254 prematurity babies receiving ROP screening during Jan. 1st 2013 to Dec. 31th 2013 were enrolled in our survey. Compared to control vital sign data taken before the examination, there was a fluctuation in the diastolic BP with the increased 3.03 mm Hg (P=0.04) after 3 doses of mydriatic drops. Immediately after the examination, there was a further 12.64 mm Hg (P<0.01) increase in systolic BP and a 7.24 mm Hg (P<0.01) in diastolic BP. The mean pulse rate during examination was 22.4 bpm (P<0.01) higher than the 133.3±9.0 bpm control level. The oxygen saturation shared an average drop of 5% (P<0.01) during screening. In prematurity with postconceptional age less than 31wk, the incidence of apnea (23.5%), necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) (8.7%), gastric residual (25.4%) and upper digestive tract hemorrhage (6.4%) also demonstrated a significant rise (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: In our study sample, ROP screening was associated with NEC, gastric residual and upper digestive tract hemorrhage. These gastrointestinal side effects, along with breath activity pattern change and vital signs indicators fluctuation, may be results of additional stress responses.

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Jing-Bo Jiang, Zhi-Wei Zhang, Jia-Wen Zhang, et al. Systemic changes and adverse effects induced by retinopathy of prematurity screening. Int J Ophthalmol, 2016,9(8):1148-1155

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  • Received:April 23,2015
  • Revised:February 03,2016
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  • Online: August 15,2016
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