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Feeding Intolerance Following Ophthalmologic Examination

Marcus C. Hermansen, MD; L. Susan Sullivan, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1985;139(4):367-368.


Abstract

• Reports of isolated cases of necrotizing enterocolitis following administration of mydriatric medication and ophthalmologic examination prompted a comparison of the incidence of feeding difficulties 24 hours before and 24 hours after the ophthalmologic examination of 50 newborns. All infants had received cyclopentolate hydrochloride and phenylephrine hydrochloride before the examination. A critical review of the nursing notes showed more abdominal distention and gastric aspirates in the period following the examination than in the period preceding the examination. One infant developed necrotizing enterocolitis during the 24-hour postexamination period. This study demonstrates the risk of feeding intolerance following the ophthalmologic examination of neonates. These risks may be due to the known side effects of the mydriatics, to the physical stress of the examination, or to a combination of both factors.

(AJDC 1985;139:367-368)



Author Affiliations

From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington.


Footnotes

Read in part before the Southern Society for Pediatric Research, New Orleans, Jan 19, 1984.

Reprint requests to Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose St, Lexington, KY 40536-00843 (Dr Hermansen).



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