Abstract
Background: A nomogram of periocular measurements of newborn babies has its clinical implication in delineationof many syndromes.Aim: To measure periocular parameters like inner canthal distance (ICD), outer canthal distance (OCD), interpupillary distance (IPD) in newborns at different gestational age which will help in clinical evaluation of hypo andhypertelorism.Materials &Methods: This is a hospital based observational, cross-sectional study in a secondary care hospital ofWest Bengal. The study was carried among 250 newborns with gestational period ranging from 32 weeks to 42weeks who were born in obstetric department of the hospital during a period of 8 months. Ocular dimensions innewborns at different gestational age groups were measured on day 2, and the values are presented as mean +/- SDvalues for different gestational age groups. The data was collected by using structured schedule and was enteredin the Microsoft excel sheets and statistically analysed by SPSS 24.0 and Graph Pad Prism version 5. Results: Nosignificant difference noted between values of boy and girl babies. The values of different eye measurements haveshown a positive correlation with gestational age and birth weight. To the best of our knowledge, till date thereis only one such study from India.
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