J Korean Pediatr Soc.  1993 Nov;36(11):1562-1569.

Clinical analysis of retinopathy of prematurity

• Park NS
• Cho YM
• Song MY
• Hyoung UJ
• Lee JO

Abstract

One hundred eighty infants with oxygen therapy who were under 2,500gm birth weight or under 37 weeks of gestational age, were examined between January 1990 and November 1992. We performed clnical analysis and results were as follows. 1) Fifty six infants (31.1%) were diagnosed as retinopathy of prematurity. 2) The first examination was performed at 2.5 weeks of life on average, and the retinopathy of prematurity was diagnosed at 3.8 weeks on average. 3) The incidence of retinopathy of prematurity was highly associated with low birth weight (< or =1,890 gm), low gestational age ( < or =33.1 weeks), and high oxygen concentration with long duration (FiO2> or =0.4 over 1 week)(P<0.005). 4) Other associated risk factors were idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome, anemia, neonatal hypoxia and sepsis.

Keyword

Retinopathy of Prematurity

MeSH Terms

Anemia, Neonatal
Anoxia
Birth Weight
Gestational Age
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Oxygen
Retinopathy of Prematurity*
Risk Factors
Sepsis
Oxygen