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ArticleSaudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society

Incidence of retinopathy of prematurity at two tertiary centers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Saad Waheeb, Khalid Alshehri

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Article in Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saad WaheebOphthalmology Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid AlshehriDepartment of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz Hospital · SAKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo review the incidence and risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) King Faisal Specialist Hospital and King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. MATERIAL AND

methodsIn this prospective cohort study, preterm infants who were admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit from 2012 to 2013 were evaluated for ROP. Inclusion criteria were, preterm infants with gestational age <32 weeks and/or birth weight <1500 g. The risk factors that were assessed were intraventricular hemorrhage, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), sepsis and hydrocephalus. The relative risk was used to measure the risk and logistic regression was used to adjust for confounding factors. Statistical significance was indicated by p < 0.05.

resultsThirty-one of 92 (33.7%) preterm infants had unilateral or bilateral ROP. The mean gestational age was 26.7 weeks (range, 24-29 weeks) and mean birth weight was 0.843 kg (range, 0.606-1.450 kg). There were 7 infants with stage 1 ROP, 10 infants with stage 2, 14 infants with stage 3 and no cases of stage 4 or 5. Twelve (13%) infants had plus disease and received laser therapy within 72 h of diagnosis. Statistically significant risk factors for ROP were PDA (p = 0.0005) and intraventricular hemorrhage (p = 0.0005).

conclusionThe incidence of ROP was 33.7% and risk factors were PDA and intraventricular hemorrhage. Laser therapy was very effective for the treatment of plus disease and preventing progression of ROP. Clinicians should assess for potential risk factors when monitoring premature infants.

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HydrocephalusIntraventricular hemorrhagePatent ductus arteriosusPlus diseaseRetinopathy of prematurity (ROP)Threshold disease

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PMCPMC4908068
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