Retinopathy of prematurity: the continuing threat to vision in preterm infants. Dutch survey from 1986 to 1994
| Autor: | B. P. Cats, N. E. Schalij-Delfos |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity Visual Acuity Vision Low Blindness Annual incidence Vitrectomy medicine Humans Retinopathy of Prematurity Partially sighted Registries Netherlands Retrospective Studies business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Infant Newborn Gestational age Retinopathy of prematurity Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Combined Modality Therapy eye diseases Ophthalmology Perinatal Care Treatment Outcome Cryotherapy Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica. 75(1) |
| ISSN: | 1395-3907 |
| Popis: | From January 1st 1986 until January 1st 1994, 82 infants were registered in The Netherlands as partially sighted or blind due to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Compared with the previous Dutch survey (1975-1987) an increasing number of registered infants had been screened for ROP during their initial hospitalization (95.1% vs. 54.1%) and had ophthalmic treatment in the acute stages of the disease (43.9% vs. 24.5%). Nevertheless, an increase in the annual incidence of partial sight or blindness due to ROP from 4.2/100,000 live births (1975-1987) to 5.1/100,000 live births (1986-1994) was found. This increase seemed to be associated with a higher number of surviving premature infants of less than 28 weeks gestational age. |
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