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ArticleDocumenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology2020

Flash VEP in clinically stable pre-term and full-term infants.

Anish Kharal, Safal Khanal, Jyoti Baba Shrestha, Gauri Shankar Shrestha, Nabin Paudel

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Article in Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Anish KharalB.P. Koirala Lions Centre for Ophthalmic Studies, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-1846-2196
Safal KhanalSchool of Optometry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3755-8046
Jyoti Baba ShresthaB.P. Koirala Lions Centre for Ophthalmic Studies, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Gauri Shankar ShresthaB.P. Koirala Lions Centre for Ophthalmic Studies, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Nabin PaudelCentre for Eye Research Ireland, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. paudel.nabin@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-1583-9856
Tribhuvan University · NPTechnological University Dublin · IEUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePre-term infants are at risk of abnormal visual development that can range from subtle to severe. The aim of this study was to compare flash VEPs in clinically stable pre-term and full-term infants at 6 months of age.

methodsTwenty-five pre-term and 25 full-term infants underwent flash VEP testing at the age of 6 months. Monocular VEPs were recorded using flash goggles on a RETIscan system under normal sleeping conditions. Amplitude and peak time responses of the P2 component in the two eyes were averaged and compared between the two groups. Multiple regression analyses were performed to assess the relationship of the P2 responses with birth weight (BW) and gestational age (GA).

resultsAt 6 months corrected age, pre-term infants had significantly delayed P2 peak times than full-term infants (mean difference: 10.88 [95% CI 4.00-17.76] ms, p = 0.005). Pre-term infants also showed significantly reduced P2 amplitudes as compared to full-term infants (mean difference: 2.36 [0.83-3.89] µV, p = 0.003). Although the regression model with GA and BW as fixed factors explained 20% of the variance in the P2 peak time (F

conclusionsOur results demonstrate that, compared with full-term infants, clinically stable pre-term infants exhibit abnormal flash VEPs, with a delay in P2 peak time and a reduction in P2 amplitude. These findings support a potential dysfunction of the visual pathway in clinically stable pre-term infants as compared to full-term infants.

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Birth WeightElectroretinographyEvoked Potentials, VisualFemaleGestational AgeHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureMalePhotic StimulationReaction TimeTerm BirthVisual PathwaysFlash VEPFull-termInfantsPre-termVisual evoked potential

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