Retinopathy of prematurity: incidence and treatment.
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Retinopathy of prematurity: incidence and treatment.
The incidence of retinopathy of prematurity in infants with a birthweight less than or equal to 2500 g admitted to a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit between 1977 and 1983 was 20% of all survivors. There was a reciprocal relation between birthweight and the incidence of the disease, with an incidence of 68% in infants weighing less than or equal to 1000 g at birth. Cryotherapy of the avasc...
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OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in high risk babies admitted to the neonatal unit and to study risk factors for it's development. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. SUBJECTS 100 babies admitted to the neonatal unit during a 4 year period who were below 1500 g or whose gestation was < or = 34 weeks. MET...
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purpose: to determine the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (rop) and to evaluate the possible neonatal risk factors for rop among premature infants referred to farabi eye hospital during 2000-2002. methods: newborn infants with gestational age (ga) £ 37 wk or birth weight (bw) £ 2500 g were included. the first eye examination was performed 4-9 weeks after birth. data on possible risk fac...
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BACKGROUND This study was planned to determine the rate, the predisposing factors, and the outcome of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a tertiary care hospital in Tehran. METHODS All VLBW neonates admitted to the NICU, from April 2007 through March 2010 were enrolled. All relevant perinatal dat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.60.8.698