Risk factors of threshold retinopathy of prematurity. Journal Articles

abstract

• OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk factors which predispose to the development of threshold retinopathy of prematurity among patients of retinopathy of prematurity. METHODS: The ROP clinic records of a 3 year period were retrospectively studied to identify babies with threshold ROP (T-ROP) and sub-threshold ROP (ST-ROP). Various antenatal and perinatal risk factors, neonatal morbidity and therapeutic interventions were compared between the 2 groups. RESULTS: Of the total of 108 babies, 55 had T-ROP and 53 had ST-ROP. On univariate analysis, packed cell transfusions for anemia, double volume exchange transfusions (DVET), number of DVET, ventilation, gestational age

authors

• Dutta, Sourabh
• Narang, Subina
• Narang, Anil
• Dogra, Mangat
• Gupta, Amod

status

• published 

publication date

• July 2004

has subject area

• 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine (FoR)
• Female (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• India (MeSH)
• Infant, Low Birth Weight (MeSH)
• Infant, Newborn (MeSH)
• Infant, Premature (MeSH)
• Logistic Models (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Pediatrics (Science Metrix)
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (MeSH)
• Retrospective Studies (MeSH)
• Risk Factors (MeSH)

published in

• Indian Pediatrics  Journal

keywords

• Female
• Humans
• India
• Infant, Low Birth Weight
• Infant, Newborn
• Infant, Premature
• Logistic Models
• Male
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Retrospective Studies
• Risk Factors

PubMed ID

• 15297681

start page

• 665

end page

• 671

volume

• 41

issue

• 7