Retinopathy of prematurity in Asian Indian babies weighing greater than 1250 grams at birth: ten year data from a tertiary care center in a developing country.
Indian J Ophthalmol
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2007 Sep-Oct; 55(5): 331-6
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en Inglés
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an important cause of childhood blindness in developing countries.AIM:
To report the spectrum of ROP and associated risk factors in babies weighing > 1250 g at birth in a developing country. SETTING ANDDESIGN:
Institutional, retrospective, non-randomized, observational clinical case series. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Retrospective analysis (10 years) of 275 eyes (138 babies) with ROP. STATISTICALANALYSIS:
Qualitative data with the Chi-square test. Quantitative data using the unpaired t test or the ANOVA and further tested using multivariate logistic regression.RESULTS:
The mean birth weight was 1533.9 g (range 1251 to 2750 g) and the mean period of gestation was 30.9 weeks (range 26 to 35). One hundred and twenty-four of 275 eyes (45.1%) had threshold or worse ROP. Risk factors for threshold or worse disease were, 'outborn babies' ( P P = 0.007) and exchange transfusion ( P = 0.003). The sensitivity of the American and British screening guidelines to pick up threshold or worse ROP in our study group was 82.4% and 77.4% respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
Severe ROP is often encountered in babies weighing greater than 1250 g at birth in developing countries. Western screening guidelines may require modifications before application in developing countries.
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IMSEAR (Asia Sudoriental)
Asunto principal:
Retinopatía de la Prematuridad
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Humanos
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Recién Nacido
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Incidencia
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Análisis Multivariante
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Estudios Retrospectivos
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Factores de Riesgo
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Estudios de Seguimiento
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Recién Nacido de muy Bajo Peso
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Pueblo Asiatico
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Guía de Práctica Clínica
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Estudio de incidencia
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Investigación cualitativa
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Factores de riesgo
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Indian J Ophthalmol
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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