Severity of neonatal retinopathy of prematurity is predictive of neurodevelopmental functional outcome at age 5.5 years. Behalf of the Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group

Autor: M E, Msall, D L, Phelps, K M, DiGaudio, V, Dobson, B, Tung, R E, McClead, G E, Quinn, J D, Reynolds, R J, Hardy, E A, Palmer
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Pediatrics. 106(5)
ISSN: 1098-4275
Popis: The purpose of this study was to assess the relation between neonatal retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in very low birth weight infants and neurodevelopmental function at age 5.5 years.Longitudinal follow-up of children occurred in 2 cohorts of the Multicenter Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity Study. The extended natural history cohort followed 1199 survivors of1251 g birth weight from 5 centers. The threshold randomized cohort (ThRz) followed 255 infants1251 g from 23 centers who developed threshold ROP and who consented to cryotherapy to not more than 1 eye. At 5.5 years both cohorts had ophthalmic and acuity testing and neurodevelopmental functional status determined with the Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM).Evaluations were completed on 88.7% of the extended natural history cohort; 87% had globally normal functional skills (WeeFIM:95). As ROP severity increased, rates of severe disability increased from 3.7% among those with no ROP, to 19.7% of those with threshold ROP. Multiple logistic regression analysis demonstrated that better functional status was associated with favorable visual acuity, favorable 2-year neurological score, absence of threshold ROP, having private health insurance, and black race. Evaluations were completed on 87.4% of the ThRz children. In each functional domain, the 134 children with favorable acuity in their better eye had fewer disabilities than did the 82 children with unfavorable acuity: self-care disability 25.4% versus 76.8%, continency disability 4.5% versus 50.0%, motor disability 5.2% versus 42.7%, and communicative-social cognitive disability 22.4% versus 65.9%, respectively.Severity of neonatal ROP seems to be a marker for functional disability at age 5. 5 years among very low birth weight survivors. High rates of functional limitations in multiple domains occur in children who had threshold ROP, particularly if they have unfavorable visual acuity.
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