Is Retinopathy of Prematurity Increasing Among Infants Less Than 1250 g Birth Weight?
| Autor: | William J. Cashore, Betty R. Vohr, Maureen T O'Connor, Richard Tucker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Birth weight Logistic regression Prevalence medicine Humans Infant Very Low Birth Weight Retinopathy of Prematurity Neonatology Retrospective Studies Obstetrics business.industry Infant Newborn Oxygen Inhalation Therapy Obstetrics and Gynecology Gestational age Retinopathy of prematurity medicine.disease eye diseases Low birth weight Logistic Models Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Analysis of variance medicine.symptom Complication business Infant Premature |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Perinatology. 23:673-678 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5543 0743-8346 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.jp.7211008 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a complication seen in many very low birth weight infants. Severe ROP has been called a “marker” for severe disability. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the occurrence and severity of ROP among infants ≤1250 g birth weight treated in the Special Care Nursery at Women & Infants’ Hospital over a period of 7 years from 1994 to 2000. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective review of ROP data combined with neonatal follow-up data. Of the 1002 infants born with birth weights |
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