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ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2020

Rate and Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants with Gestational Age ≤28 Weeks in Eastern China.

Meng Zhang, Gezhi Xu, Xin Wang, Yingqin Ni, Xin Huang

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Meng ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China.
Gezhi XuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China.
Xin WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China.
Yingqin NiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-2700-7507
Xin HuangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China.
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Abstract

purposeTo investigate the incidence and clinical characteristics of ROP in extremely preterm (EP) and extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants in eastern China. PATIENTS AND

methodsThis retrospective study included 104 infants with a birth weight (BW) ≤ 1000 g and gestational age (GA) ≤ 28 weeks, who were admitted to the Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University over 10 years. The infants were examined for ROP with RetCam. Infants with type 1 ROP and aggressive posterior ROP (AP-ROP) were treated. The risk factors evaluated were GA and BW.

resultsMean GA was 26.63 ± 0.88 weeks and mean BW was 892.39 ± 108.06 g. Of the 104 infants, 83 (79.8%) developed ROP, three (2.9%) had AP-ROP, 14 (13.5%) had type 1 ROP, and 10 (9.6%) had type 2 ROP. The proportions of infants with BW ≤750 g and 751-1000 g were 8.7% and 91.3%, respectively, and the incidences of severe ROP in these infants were 22.2% and 15.8%, respectively. The infants with severe ROP had a mean GA of 26.56 ± 0.68 weeks and mean BW of 860.00 ± 163.48 g, and 47.1% of severe ROP occurred in infants with a GA of 26 weeks. However, multivariate logistic regression showed that the severity of ROP was not directly inversely related to GA or BW in this study population.

conclusionIn EP and ELBW Chinese infants, who were admitted to the Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, the development of ROP was more frequent and the incidence of severe ROP that progressed to the stage that required treatment was high.

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extremely low birth weightextremely pretermretinopathy of prematurityrisk factors

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