Grand Rounds: Neonatal ophthalmic findings you don’t want to miss!

Objectives (Educational Content) :

1. To identify various neonatal eye conditions.

2. To strategize referral patterns for various eye conditions.

3. To recognize important ocular signs needed for better diagnosis.

Target Audience:

General pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, psychologists, and nurses.

Identified Gap:

Clinicians who provide newborn care often demonstrate inconsistent recognition of urgent neonatal ophthalmic findings—such as leukocoria, corneal clouding, severe neonatal conjunctivitis, and other early signs of vision-threatening disease—and frequently lack clear, standardized referral strategies. This variability in examination technique, diagnostic confidence, and understanding of referral urgency can lead to delays in appropriate ophthalmologic evaluation and treatment. Education is therefore needed to improve clinicians’ ability to identify key neonatal eye conditions, recognize critical ocular signs, and implement timely, appropriate referral pathways to reduce preventable visual morbidity.

Estimated Time to Complete the Educational Activity:

1 hour(s)

Expiration Date for CE/CME Credit:

02-26-2027

Method of Participation in the Learning Process:

The learner will view the presentation, successfully complete a post-test and complete an activity evaluation.

Evaluation Methods:

All learners must successfully complete a post-test, as well as an activity evaluation, to claim CE/CME credit.

Disclosure:

The speaker has returned the disclosure form, indicating that the following financial relationships with ineligible companies: Recordati, Clear Vision Strabo, LLC, Clear Vision Telemedicine, LLC and OTAi - Faruk Orge, MD, FAAO, FAAP All financial relationships have been mitigated. The speaker(s) has returned the disclosure form, indicating that there are no financial relationships with ineligible companies. The following CME Committee/Planning Committee member(s) has the following financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose: Merck - Maria Cristina Victorio, MD All financial relationships have been mitigated.

Accreditation Statement:

Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron is accredited by the Ohio State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CHMCA designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Bibliography:

1. Fanaroff & Martin’s Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; Disease of the Fetus and Infant 10th Edition 2014. Chapter 53 “The Eye”. FH Orge.

2. Fanaroff & Martin’s Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; Disease of the Fetus and Infant 11th Edition. Chapter 53 “The Eye”. FH Orge. 2019.

3. Fanaroff & Martin’s Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; Disease of the Fetus and Infant 12th Edition. Chapter 53 “The Eye”. FH Orge, Z Salem. 2022.