Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening in a Tertiary Care Centre
| Autor: | Miloni Suketu Shah, Dhiraj Namdeo Balwir, Ajit Gulabrao Khune |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Birth weight Gestational age Retinopathy of prematurity Window period medicine.disease Tertiary care eye diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics 030221 ophthalmology & optometry medicine Observational study business |
| Zdroj: | MVP Journal of Medical Sciences. 6:202-209 |
| ISSN: | 2348-2648 2348-263X |
| Popis: | Background: To conduct an effective ROP screening program according to the Indian standard needs and to identify the infants who could benefit from treatment and make appropriate recommendations on the timing of future screening. Aims and Objectives: To estimate the incidence of ROP among Premature infants. Materials and Methods: A Prospective Observational study of 2 years in which 170 patients were screened with following criteria: GA at birth of ≤35 weeks, BW 30days, other factors that can increase the risk of ROP and where screening should be considered are premature babies >37 weeks and >1700gms but with the first screening was done within 4 weeks (30 days) of life in infants with age >28 weeks of GA, 2-3 weeks after birth if GA |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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