No ocular abnormalities related to COVID-19 were identified in infants born to mothers with COVID-19, according to a Brazilian study.
“The low rate of ocular abnormalities found in this study, likely within the range of anticipated findings in the absence of COVID-19, suggests that there is not a moderate or high increased risk of ocular abnormalities in newborns of mothers with COVID-19,” first author Olívia Pereira Kiappe, MD, MSc, and colleagues said in the study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.
From April 2020 to November 2020, Kiappe and colleagues enrolled newborns (Read more...)