Introduction: The prevalence of retinopathy of prematurity is expected to increase along with the developing of premature infants’ care and better prognosis of these infants. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants. Methods: According to this cross-sectional study, one same ophthalmologist examined the eyes of all the babies at 4 we...

Derangements of iron metabolism may be present in critically ill patients who develop anemia during a stay in the intensive care unit. Iron supplementation may be appropriate, especially if an underlying nutritional disorder is present. It may be even more critical to replace iron when erythropoietin therapy is used because of the consumption of iron stores that occurs during heme synthesis. Ir...

purpose : to evaluate the structural outcomes of treated neonates with retinopathy of prematurity (rop) methods : in this cross-sectional study from april 2008 to august 2009, 859 patients were investigated. these neonates had been consulted at the retinal clinic of farabi eye hospital of tehran university of medical sciences. those with gestational age of no more than 36 weeks and birth weight...

BACKGROUND Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is the most common reason behind surgical procedures in premature newborns. Anesthesia in these patients is life-threatening due to post-operative apnea of prematurity (POA). This study aimed to determine the predisposing factors to POA in premature infants and to explore the role of prophylactic aminophylline in decreasing the incidence of POA. MAT...

prematurity is the most common cause of neonatal death. risk factors of premature birth can be related with ethnicity and genetic. there is no comprehensive high sample size study in kurdish ethnicity to determine risk factors related to prematurity. this study evaluated risk factors of preterm labor in kurdish ethnicity.this case-control study was conducted in 200 preterm infants (case group) ...

Molecular identification of affected alleles in the index family with rare mutation(s) and/or interaction(s) is an important prerequisite toward a proper genetic counseling. In Thailand, where more than 30% of the populations are heterozygotes for either α or β thalassemia mutation(s). More than 60 different thalassemia syndromes resulting from the interactions of these heterogeneous alleles ha...

Background and purpose: Prematurity birth occurs when a newborn is born before the thirty seventh week of pregnancy. Preterm birth is the most expensive and the most common health problem. So, the aim of this study was to do epidemiological survey of prematurity in Gonbad-e Kavous in 2010. Materials and Methods: This sectional- descriptive study was carried out on 172 premature babies with cens...