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...

Background & Aims: Retinopathy OF prematurity (ROP) is a developmental disorder of retinal vessels in premature neonates. In recent years, because of advances in the care of neonates hospitalized in equipped Intensive care units, retinopathy of prematurity has become a major cause of blindness in those who are survived. This study assessed the incidence and severity of retinopathy and related r...

to determine the role of blood transfusion protocols on retinopathy of prematurity (rop), a prospective cohort study on 57 premature infants under 1501 grams birth weight was performed. fourteen day-old infants were divided into two groups randomly. infants in group 1 (n=27) received packed red blood cell transfusion only if specific medical signs were met and their hematocrit level was under 3...

PURPOSE To compare infant and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) characteristics from 3 clinical studies conducted over a 27-year period in the United States. DESIGN Secondary analysis of results of 3 clinical studies. PARTICIPANTS Infants with birth weight (BW) <1251 g. METHODS Analysis of data from the Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity (CRYO-ROP) and Early Treatment for Retinopat...

it has been estimated that each year 50,000 newborns born prematurely and underweight and are candidates to have retinopathy of prematurity (rop) .1 in the developing countries where we see most of the blind children, rop is accused to be one of the essential causes of blindness.2 rop and its consequences (impaired vision and blindness) could be prevented in most cases by an early ocular examin...

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...