CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a known cause of blindness in which diagnosis and timely treatment can prevent serious harm to the child. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of ROP and its association with known risk factors. DESIGN AND SETTING Longitudinal incidence study in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros. ...

ee front matter & 2005 upe.2004.12.012 ng author. Tel.: 1. ess: a.fielder@imperial Summary Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) has been recognised as an important cause of childhood blindness. It is now a treatable disease with a reduced incidence of resulting blindness. The incidence of ROP in older premature babies has declined and a new pattern of ROP has emerged attributed to increased surviva...

This statement revises a previous statement on screening of preterm infants for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) that was published in 2006. ROP is a pathologic process that occurs only in immature retinal tissue and can progress to a tractional retinal detachment, which can result in functional or complete blindness. Use of peripheral retinal ablative therapy by using laser photocoagulation fo...

This statement revises a previous statement on screening of preterm infants for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) that was published in 2006. ROP is a pathologic process that occurs only in immature retinal tissue and can progress to a tractional retinal detachment, which can result in functional or complete blindness. Use of peripheral retinal ablative therapy by using laser photocoagulation fo...

OBJECTIVE To examine the causes of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) malpractice claims filed with the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company. METHODS All closed ROP malpractice claims were reviewed. RESULTS Eight cases involved failure of transfer of care on patient discharge from the hospital, 3 cases demonstrated inappropriately long periods between follow-up examinations, 1 case was due to ...

PURPOSE To validate a hypothesis of restricted postnatal ocular growth associated with advanced retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), with a view also to preceding intrauterine growth retardation. METHODS A clinically uniform sample of 28 preterm neonates was examined under general anesthesia from 1997 to 2002 for threshold retinopathy of prematurity (T-ROP), axial ultrasound oculometry being par...

purpose: to determine the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (rop) and to evaluate the possible neonatal risk factors for rop. methods: this cross-sectional study included all premature infants born at hospitals affiliated to tehran medical university, tehran-iran who were referred within 4-6 weeks after delivery to farabi eye hospital from 2004 to 2005. inclusion criteria were birth weigh...

Zone I retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) generally has a poorer prognosis than zone II ROP. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of early ROP treatment on the pathological findings on the retina at 6 months of age in relation to the extent of disorder. Preterm infants weighing less than 1500 g at birth were examined before 4 weeks of age. A total of 139 eyes in 93 infants were identi...

For a four-year period the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) was determined among neonates considered at risk of acquiring this condition. Fifty-six out of 249 premature infants developed some degree of ROP. Comparison of these infants with a group of 56 controls, admitted to hospital in the same period and matched for sex, birth weight, and gestational age, showed significant dif...

PURPOSE Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of blindness in children and is, in its most severe form, characterized by uncontrolled growth of vision-threatening pathologic vessels. Propranolol, a nonselective β-adrenergic receptor blocker, was reported to protect against pathologic retinal neovascularization in a mouse model of oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR). Based on this sin...