The Newborn Follow-up Clinic: A Preliminary Report of Ocular Anomalies

Cathie Searle, DipAppSci(Cumb), DOBA

The Newborn Follow-up Clinic (NFC) at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children follows the development of “high risk” infants. 132 infants were enrolled in the Clinic in July 1985.
Ninety five of the NFC infants have been assessed in the Orthoptic Clinic. Their gestation ages ranges from 23.5 weeks to 42 weeks and their birth weights from 570 grams to 4440 grams.
Visual impairment was present in four infants (4.21%). Fifteen infants were found to have strabismus (15.7%)
The NFC Clinic plans to continue with review assessments until the children reach the early school years.