Publications by authors named "Michelle L Ball"
Purpose: Reducing physiologic stress including bradycardia during staging eye exams for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is desirable. We observed heart rate change during routine retinopathy of prematurity eye examinations and compared the response with our ongoing study of oculocardiac reflex (OCR) elicited by uniform EOM tension during strabismus surgery.
Patients And Methods: Electrocardiograph was prospectively monitored during ROP exams featuring indirect ophthalmoscopy with Alfonso lid speculum and see-through scleral depressor without topical anesthesia.