Talk:Neonatal conjunctivitis

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Possible Additions
I plan to contribute a statement about how most hospitals are required by state law to use eye drops or ointment to prevent the disease soon after birth. I also plan to add that neonatal conjunctivitis may be caused by a blocked tear duct instead of bacterial infection, and the subsequent treatment if it is indeed caused by a blocked tear duct. Additionally, I would like to note that it is possible for newborns to suffer from neonatal conjunctivitis due to reactions with chemicals in common eye drops. Finally, I will add that prophylaxis with a 1% silver nitrate solution has largely been discontinued. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and the National Center for Biotechnology Information will be my sources.

Sources: http://www.cdc.gov/conjunctivitis/newborns.html

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/pediatrics/conjunctivitis_90,P01678/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4170304/

Gcleveland15 (talk) 18:33, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Research/moving this here as it was indented out?
An upcoming meta-analysis will seek to determine if any type of ophthalmia neonatorum prophylaxis reduces the incidence of conjuncitivitis in neonates and to determine which ophthalmia neonatorum prophylaxis is most effective at reducing the incidence of conjunctivitis in neonates. Eight comparisons to be made in the review include:
 * 1) Any versus no prophylaxis
 * 2) Erythromycin versus no prophylaxis
 * 3) Povidone-iodine versus no prophylaxis
 * 4) Tetracycline versus no prophylaxis
 * 5) Erythromycin verus tetracycline
 * 6) Povidone-iodine versus erythromycin
 * 7) Povidone-iodine versus tetracycline
 * 8) Povidone-iodine versus chloramphenicol