ArticleEye (London, England)2019
Estimate of incidence of ROP requiring treatment in extreme preterms and impact on service-7 year review in tertiary unit.
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- Early-Onset Sepsis as an Early Predictor for Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Meta-analysis.American journal of perinatology · 2025Pooled it
- Early Prediction Model for Retinopathy of Prematurity Using Placental and Neonatal Risk Factors.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- From Screening to Therapy: A Personalized Approach to ROP in a National NICU Setting.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Retrospective validation of the postnatal growth and retinopathy of prematurity criteria in a Chinese cohort.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Association of inflammatory and angiogenic biomarkers in maternal plasma with retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Most Up-to-Date Analysis of Epidemiological Data on the Screening Guidelines and Incidence of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Europe-A Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Nationwide inventory on retinopathy of prematurity screening in the Netherlands.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Long use of continuous positive airway pressure protects against the development of treatment-requiring retinopathy of prematurity.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Comment on: Estimate of incidence of ROP requiring treatment in extreme preterms and impact on service-7 year review in tertiary unit.Eye (London, England) · 2019Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesRetinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a potentially blinding disorder affecting premature infants. Our Eye Unit supports two neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), one provides neonatal surgical and medical facilities and the other is exclusively medical. Our objectives were to (1) to identify the annual rate of ROP treatments during the period 2009-2015 and (2) to estimate the incidence of ROP treatment in babies born very prematurely (<27 weeks). SUBJECTS/
methodsRecords for all infants treated for ROP by our unit during the period 2009-2015 were reviewed. We calculated numbers treated in each year. Records of babies born under 27 weeks of gestation and cared for in the non-surgical NICU were also reviewed. Their requirement for laser treatments for ROP was calculated by the week of gestation at birth.
resultsIn the two NICUs combined, 95 infants were treated for ROP between 2009 and 2015. The numbers treated increased from 9/158 (5.7%) of babies screened in 2009 to 22/159 (13.8%) in 2015 (p
conclusionThe number of laser treatments for ROP carried out by this unit has increased steadily between 2009 and 2015 and this may in part be due to the increased need for ROP treatment in extremely preterm babies, whose survival has increased in the same period. These data may aid planning for ROP services.
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