ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2021
Incidence and Risk Factors for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in Biggest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Itay Elbaroud City, Behera Province, Egypt.
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- Prognosis of neonates receiving invasive mechanical ventilation in low-resource settings: a systematic review and prognostic meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
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- From Screening to Therapy: A Personalized Approach to ROP in a National NICU Setting.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Real-World Visual and Anatomical Outcomes of Laser Therapy versus Intravitreal Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Injection for Retinopathy of Prematurity: A 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Study at a Tertiary Center in Thailand.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
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- Platelet count and retinopathy of prematurity, a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Review
- Development of myopia in laser-treated ROP infants: prematurity or laser photocoagulation?International ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Epidemiology of Retinopathy of Prematurity in the US From 2003 to 2019.JAMA ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Retinopathy of Prematurity among Preterm Newborn Admitted to the Neonatal Care Unit in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2023Article
- The incidence and risk factors associated with the retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary hospital using 10-year retrospective data.Annals of clinical epidemiology · 2023Article
- Influence of Anaemia on Multifactorial Disease Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Prospective Observational Study.Cureus · 2022Article
- Screening and Risk Factors for Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Cairo, Egypt.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
aim of the workTo evaluate the incidence and risk factors for development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in the biggest neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Itay Elbaroud City, Behera province, Egypt.
methodsWe studied data of 240 newly born infants with gestational age (GA) ≤34 weeks or birth weight (BW) ≤2000 g or infants with unstable course who were admitted to the biggest NICU in Itay Elbaroud City, Behera province, Egypt, between October 1, 2018 and October 31, 2020. There is no standard screening system in Egypt. Furthermore, we had screened babies more than 1500 g, more than 32 weeks and found signs of ROP, so we decided to expand our inclusion criteria to include babies up to 2000 g of birth weight and up to 34 weeks gestational age in addition to older and heavier babies with unstable course in NICUs. Clinical information about perinatal neonates was collected by reviewing medical charts. The main outcomes are the incidence and severity of ROP. The relationship of clinical risk factors and the development of ROP were analyzed.
resultsThe overall incidence of ROP was 34.1%, and the overall incidence of type 1 ROP was 26.3% of infants. ROP was significantly associated with GA (odds ratio; OR: 6.8; (3.7-12.3), BW (OR: 4.1; 2.3-7.3), apnea, supplementary oxygen administration, and thrombocytopenia.
conclusionThe incidence of ROP is high in Itay Elbaroud city, Behera Province, Egypt. Immaturity, low birth weight, low gestational age, oxygen administration, apnea, thrombocytopenia, and jaundice are important risk factors for development of ROP.
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