Incidence, distribution, and duration of birth-related retinal hemorrhages: a prospective study.

Background: Retinal hemorrhages secondary to birth trauma are part of the differential diagnosis of intraocular hemorrhages seen in the setting of Shaken baby syndrome in very young infants. This prospective study aimed to document the morphology, distribution and, most importantly, the natural history of these hemorrhages using digital imaging.

Subjects And Methods: Infants were recruited as soon after birth as possible and examined by indirect ophthalmoscopy.