Title Threshold retinopathy of prematurity in Vilnius county: nine-year experience /
Another Title Slenkstinė neišnešiotų naujagimių retinopatija Vilniaus krašte: devynerių metų patirtis.
Authors Sirtautienė, Rasa ; Bagdonienė, Rasa
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Is Part of Acta medica Lituanica. 2006, Vol. 13, no. 3, p. 171-175.. ISSN 1392-0138
Keywords [eng] Retinopathy of prematurity ; Birth weight ; Gestational age
Abstract [eng] Background: The aim of the study was to present changes of birth weight (BW) and gestational age (GA) among infants who reached threshold ROP and underwent treatment over the period of nine years. Materials and methods: Data were collected prospectively from January 1995 to December 2003. Infants were screened for ROP in Vilnius University Children’s Hospital by the same two ophthalmologists (R.B. and R.S). All infants were outborn. BW and GA were recorded in all study subjects. Results: Over the period 1995–2003, 2202 infants were screened for ROP. 320 infants reached threshold (14.5% of all screened) and underwent treatment. The mean BW of threshold ROP infants dropped from 1558.1 g in 1995 to 1037.3 g in 2003 and the mean GA from 30.7 to 27.2 weeks. Conclusions: 1. Insufficient experience in neonatal care was the reason for ROP in “old” and “heavy” infants. 2. BW and GA of threshold ROP cases were decreasing over the study period. 3. With improvement of neonatal care, the incidence of ROP is decreasing but the disease still exists among the most premature infants.
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2006