Long-term follow-up through to school age and adulthood of preterm infants is needed to investigate the changes in the sequelae of intensive obstetrical and neonatal care.
Here I summarize studies from the past two decades, which have defined and quantified the dose (illuminance levels), exposure duration, timing and wavelength of light needed to evoke alerting responses in humans, as well as their temporal relationship to light-induced changes in endocrinological and electrophysiological sequelae of alertness.
Consequently, trachoma occurs throughout patients' lives, exhibiting different signs and symptoms at different stages; Figure 1 gives an example of the changes in disease and its sequelae in trachoma-endemic countries.
Furthermore, our data did not include descriptions of the types and severity of the immediate clinical sequelae (changes in mental status, loss of consciousness, or seizures) of the hypoglycemic episodes.
In summary, the critical sequelae of acute changes in osmolality imply that such alterations should be avoided whenever possible in the clinical setting.
Moreover, the animal model proved to be adequate to study pulmonary embolism and systemic changes as sequelae to vertebroplasty as they occur in humans.
There were no significant clinical sequelae reported from these changes in lymphocyte counts.
Awareness of HRQoL consequences and physical sequelae could lead to changes in support during the acute phase and thereafter.
Because awareness of HRQoL consequences and physical sequelae could lead to changes in treatment during the acute phase, pediatric intensivists should be core members of PICU follow-up programs.
However, a myriad of possible side effects (e.g. weight gain, gastric ulceration, osteoporosis, fluid retention, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and changes in mental status) as well as ocular sequelae (e.g. acceleration of cataract formation and glaucoma) may be observed.
