Retinopathy of prematurity: a review of risk factors and their clinical significance

SJ Kim, AD Port, R Swan, JP Campbell… - Survey of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a retinal vasoproliferative disease that affects premature
infants. Despite improvements in neonatal care and management guidelines, ROP remains …

Global incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia among extremely preterm infants: a systematic literature review

C Siffel, KD Kistler, JFM Lewis… - The Journal of Maternal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Infants born extremely preterm (< 28 weeks gestational age (GA)) face a high
risk of neonatal mortality. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common morbidity …

Retinopathy of prematurity: a review of epidemiology and current treatment strategies

EH Hong, YU Shin, H Cho - Clinical and Experimental …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is among the most common causes of childhood
blindness. Three phases of ROP epidemics have been observed worldwide since ROP was …

Effect of early erythropoietin on retinopathy of prematurity: a stratified meta-analysis

HS Fischer, NJ Reibel, C Bührer, C Dame - Neonatology, 2023 - karger.com
Background: Recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) lost its role in minimizing red
blood cell transfusion in very preterm infants after it had been associated with severe …

Global incidence of intraventricular hemorrhage among extremely preterm infants: a systematic literature review

C Siffel, KD Kistler, SP Sarda - Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 2021 - degruyter.com
Objectives To conduct a systematic literature review to evaluate the global incidence of
intraventricular hemorrhage grade 2–4 among extremely preterm infants. Methods We …

Associations between red blood cell and platelet transfusions and retinopathy of prematurity

T Hengartner, M Adams, RE Pfister, D Snyers… - Neonatology, 2021 - karger.com
Aim: The aim of this study is to examine possible associations between the transfusion of
RBC or platelets (PLTs) and the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in infants …

Hematologic risk factors for the development of retinopathy of prematurity—a retrospective study

GI Zonda, R Mogos, AS Melinte-Popescu, AM Adam… - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) can cause severe visual impairment or
even blindness. We aimed to assess the hematological risk factors that are associated with …

The role of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor in treatment of retinopathy of prematurity—a current review

SC Chow, PY Lam, WC Lam, NSK Fung - Eye, 2022 - nature.com
The review aims to evaluate the uses of conventional laser therapy and intravitreal injection
of various anti-VEGF in terms of efficacy and side effects for the treatment of retinopathy of …

The treatment and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in neonatal intensive care units

Y Leng, W Huang, G Ren, C Cai, Q Tan, Y Liang… - BMC …, 2018 - Springer
Background Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vascular proliferative disorder of the
develo** retina and a significant cause of childhood blindness around the world. The …

Retinopathy of prematurity in Kenya: prevalence and risk factors in a hospital with advanced neonatal care

O Onyango, S Sitati, L Amolo, F Murila, S Wariua… - Pan African Medical …, 2018 - ajol.info
Introduction: Increased survival of preterm babies in sub-saharan Africa has held to an
increasing prevalence of Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). This study was done to …