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    ISSN: 1433-0474
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Extrem Frühgeborene ; Visus ; Strabismus ; Amblyopie ; Retinopathie ; Key words Extremely low birth weight infants ; Strabismus ; Vision ; Amblyopia ; Retinopathy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Aim of the study: The goal of this study was to assess the prevalence of ophthalmological abnormalities in 10 year old survivors with extremely low birthweight of 500–999 g. In addition the association between retinopathy of prematurity and other ophthalmological disorders was studied. Methods: The parents of all surviving newborns (N=117) with birthweight 500–999 g born in Switzerland between 1983 and 1985, were asked for eye problems in their children. When the history was positive, additional information was obtained from the ophthalmologist. Results: At the age of 10±1 years the very low birthweight infants had significantly more ophthalmological problems (37%) than found in the general population (10%). Whereas low vision ( 〈1.0) of at least one eye (35%), strabism (19%), amblyopia (11%) and astigmatism (7.5%) were significantly more frequent compared with the normal population, myopia (12%) was not. Retinopathy was not significantly associated with other ophthalmological disorders. Conclusions: We conclude that all extremely low birth weight infants irrespectively of retinopathy have a significantly increased risk for ophthalmological disorders. Therefore they should have regular ophthalmological reevaluations until school age.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Fragestellung: Wie häufig sind ophthalmologische Störungen bei ehemals sehr kleinen Frühgeborenen im Alter von 10 Jahren? Bestehen Assoziationen zu einer durchgemachten Frühgeborenenretinopathie? Methode: Die Eltern aller überlebenden Frühgeborenen (n=117), die in den Jahren von 1983–1985 in der Schweiz mit einem Geburtsgewicht zwischen 500–999 g geboren worden waren, wurden nach Augenproblemen ihrer Kinder befragt. Bei positiver Anamnese wurden zusätzliche Informationen vom Ophthalmologen eingeholt. Ergebnisse: Die Frühgeborenen zeigten im Alter von 10±1 Jahren hochsignifikant mehr ophthalmologische Störungen (37%) als die Durchschnittsbevölkerung (10%). Signifikant häufiger waren Visusminderung (35%), Strabismus (19%), Amblyopie (11%) und Astigmatismus (18%). Die Myopierate (12%) war nicht wesentlich erhöht. Nach einer durchgemachten Retinopathie waren die Werte noch höher, die Unterschiede zu ehemaligen Frühgeborenen ohne Retinopathie waren jedoch nicht signifikant. Schlußfolgerung: Sehr kleine Frühgeborene weisen ein deutlich erhöhtes Risiko für ophthalmologische Störungen auf und nicht nur, wenn in der Neonatalperiode eine Retinopathie nachgewiesen wurde. Sie sollten deshalb alle mindestens bis ins Schulalter regelmäßig ophthalmologisch kontrolliert werden.
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  • 2
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    European journal of pediatrics 147 (1988), S. 288-291 
    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Premature infant ; Caffeine ; Hypoxaemia ; Bradycardia
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Fifty spontaneously breathing, preterm infants 48h old, of 32 weeks' gestation or less, were assigned randomly to receive caffeine citrate (loading dose 20 mg/kg, maintenance dose 10 mg/kg per day) or a placebo (NaCl 0.9%). The study hypothesis was that caffeine reduces the proportion of infants with recurrent hypoxaemic episodes (decrease in transcutaneous PO2 of 20% within 20ss) from 50% to 25%. Transcutaneous oxygen tension (tcPO2) and heart rate were recorded continuously for 50h and analysed by computer. The two groups were similar in gestational age, birth weight, delivery mode, sex distribution, and Apgar scores. The mean serum concentration (±SD) of caffeine 2h after the second maintenance dose was 96.0 (±34.5) μmol/l in the group receiving caffeine and 9.3 (±12.8) μmol/l in the group receiving a placebo. The mean proportion of infants with more than six hypoxaemic episodes per 12h in the caffeine groups was higher (57%) than in the control group (51%). The mean proportion of infants with more than six episodes of bradycardia per 12h was not statistically different in the caffeine group (79%) from the control group (86%). Our results suggest that prophylactic caffeine has little if any effect on the risk of developing hypoxaemic episodes and bradycardia in small preterm infants and the supposed 50% reduction which was considered clinically important at the start of the trial can be rejected with confidence.
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  • 3
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    European journal of pediatrics 148 (1989), S. 426-427 
    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Borrelia burgdorferi ; Pregnancy ; Infection ; Infant outcome
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract A serological survey over a 1-year period of 1416 mothers at delivery and their 1434 offspring for the presence of anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies revealed a prevalence of 0.85%. Clinically active Lyme disease during pregnancy was found in 1 of these 12 women with elevated titres and the child was born with a ventricular septal defect. Of six affected children, two had hyperbilirubinaemia, one muscular hypotonia, one was underweight for gestational age, one was macrocephalic, and one had supraventricular extrasystoles. Anomalous findings could not be attributed toB. burgdorferi due to a lack of serological evidence of intrauterine infection. Our data do not imply the need for serological screening in pregnancy, however, the importance of recognition and treatment of Lyme disease in pregnancy is emphasized.
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