Ophthalmia neonatorum : the problem after thirty years of statutory notification and sixty years of Credé prophylaxis / Arnold Sorsby.

  • Sorsby, Arnold, 1900-1980.
Date:
1945
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Credit: Ophthalmia neonatorum : the problem after thirty years of statutory notification and sixty years of Credé prophylaxis / Arnold Sorsby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in the earlier ones, and intolerance to the drug was also observed, as shown by cyanosis and attacks of dyspnoea. (2) Series of 333 Cases treated with Standardized Doses of Various Sulphonamides The 333 cases of ophthalmia neonatorum treated during 1942-44 by the standard dosage elaborated towards the end of the first series gave distinctly better results than those obtained in the first series as a whole. In fact, a considerable percentage of cases showed clinical cure in 1-3 days; using cure within that period as the Fig il Non-gonococcal ON. 121,71. 36.23. Y G XX_LREONAN Comparative Efficacy of Various Sulphonamides in Ophthalmia Neonatorum. The four columns in each block represent cases treated by sulphapyridine, sulpha- . mezathine, sulphathiazole, and sulphadiazine respectively. Heavy shading = percentage showing clinical cure within 1-3 days. Light shading = percentage showing clinical cure within 4-8 days. Numbers over each column = the total number concerned. criterion of efficacy of these drugs, a comparative assessment of their value is pos- sible. The data are set out in Table XIII, and the essential features are brought out in the following summary table (see also Fig. 11): Comparative Value of some Sulphonamides Number of cases Percentage cured ‘ treated within 1-3 days Sulphapyridine 156 270 Sulphamezathine 84 39°3 Sulphathiazole 47 31-9 Sulphadiazine 32 34°4 Sulphanilamide 14 50°0