Several studies have validated the role of telemedicine as a new powerful screening and diagnostic tool for retinal disorders, such as diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity. With regard to retinopathy of prematurity, bedside examination with binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy has been the gold standard technique for screening, yet with several limitations. Herein, we review the cur...

Several considerations serve to exclude the study of retinal haemorrhage from the routine neurological assessment of the newborn: (1) the lack of any clearly demonstrated correlation between cerebral trauma and the incidence of retinal haemorrhage; (2) or even between subsequent ocular abnormalities and retinal haemorrhage; (3) the speedy absorption of retinal haemorrhage beginning before the i...