Bright Light and Retinopathy of Prematurity
- 13 February 1986
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 314 (7) , 448-449
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198602133140716
Abstract
To the Editor: Glass et al.1 suggest that neonates exposed to bright light are at increased risk for retinopathy of prematurity. If their hypothesis is true, marked alterations in the present illumination standards and practice in neonatal intensive care units are warranted. Before advocating such changes, it is important to consider the methodologic shortcomings of their study.The conclusions and power of their study were weakened by the sequential assignment of patients to the control or treatment group. Control patients were studied during a period of 5 to 10 months that preceded the 8-to-13-month period during which the treatment group . . .Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Effect of Bright Light in the Hospital Nursery on the Incidence of Retinopathy of PrematurityNew England Journal of Medicine, 1985
- Infant state in relation to its environmental contextInfant Behavior and Development, 1985