TY - JOUR T1 - Anaesthesia for treatment of retinopathy of prematurity JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F154 LP - F155 DO - 10.1136/adc.2006.106401 VL - 92 IS - 2 AU - D Anand AU - B Etuwewe AU - D Clark AU - C W Yoxall Y1 - 2007/03/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/92/2/F154.abstract N2 - Blindness secondary to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) can be prevented in the majority of cases if the treatment is initiated within 72 h of diagnosis of “threshold disease”. To avoid delays and to facilitate optimal management, national guidelines have been issued.1 However, these guidelines do not offer clear guidance on anaesthesia for infants during treatment. This survey was conducted to evaluate the differences in anaesthetic management across regional neonatal units (NNUs) in the UK, problems associated with different modalities of anaesthesia and their impact on treatment. A … ER -