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Pattern and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in tertiary care centre

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Author Details : Richa Gour, Snehal Shende*, Veena Melwani, Priti Singh, Kavita Kumar

Volume : 7, Issue : 4, Year : 2021

Article Page : 695-698

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2021.140

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Abstract

Introduction: Retinopathy of prematurity is one of the commonest cause of blindness in sick neonates exposed to excessive oxygen following NICU admissions. The present study was thus conducted to assess the pattern and risk factors associated with incidence of retinopathy of prematurity.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective record based study was conducted at tertiary care centre between 1st July 2017 to 30thMay 2020 were screened for ROP. Baseline characteristics and risk factors for ROP were assessed. The zone and stage of ROP were categorized as per the International classification of ROP along with iris neovascularisation and plus disease as per the revised international classification of retinopathy of prematurity (ICROP) preplus disease criteria. Data was entered in excel sheet and analysed using SPSS software version 20.
Results: Majority of neonates belonged to gestational age of 28 to 31 weeks (58.8%) and 51.2% neonates had birthweight of 1.5 to 2 kg. Male preponderance was observed with male: female ratio of 1.75:1. Amongst the various risk factors, the occurrence of ROP was highly significantly associated with gestational age and birthweight (p<0> Conclusion: Early and timely screening of ROP for all high risk neonates especially low birth weight and neonates with small gestational age should be mandatory as these are the most significant risk factors associated with ROP in present study.
 

Keywords: ROP-Retinopathy of Prematurity.

How to cite : Gour R, Shende S, Melwani V, Singh P, Kumar K, Pattern and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in tertiary care centre. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2021;7(4):695-698

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