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80 Years of vision: preventing blindness from retinopathy of prematurity
Journal of Perinatology, 2021 Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is one of the leading yet preventable causes of childhood blindness worldwide. The purpose of this review is to provide a practical template for observational and treatment methods in order to reduce the overall incidence
E. H. Wood +5 more
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an ocular vascular disease affecting premature infants, characterized by pathological retinal neovascularization (RNV), dilated and tortuous retinal blood vessels, and retinal or vitreous hemorrhages that may lead to ...
Chang Dai +5 more
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Scripta Score Scientific Medical Journal, 2022 Introduction: Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is almost exclusively in premature infants. With advanced care and technology, the prevalence of retinopathy of prematurity in babies is increasing, which means the incidence of preventable blindness in ROP ...
Stefany Tanto +2 more
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Retinopathy of Prematurity [PDF]
Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1987 ROP is a challenging disease of the decade of the 1980s. Answers, even partial answers, to many of its questions may provide information bearing on those same questions in other blinding vascular retinopathies, such as diabetes and sickle cell disease. Answers more clearly defining the role of oxygen, ventilation, antioxidants, blood transfusions, and ...
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Oftalʹmologiâ, 2020 Premature infants with extremely low birth weight are at high risk of developing severe disabling forms of retinopathy of prematurity. Nonsurgical therapy methods of treatment of retinopathy in prematurity are ineffective.
V. I. Lebedev, L. A. Katargina
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Retinopathy of Prematurity [PDF]
Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1992 Retinopathy of prematurity is a common disorder among extremely low-birthweight preterm infants and may cause total vision loss in as many as 2% to 4% of those weighing less than 2 pounds at birth. Regular examinations begun in the neonatal intensive care unit permit early detection and treatment of progressive ROP and allow a reduction in visual ...
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Acta Clinica Croatica, 2023 Care of extremely premature infants is in constant need for evaluation and progress. WINROP, a predictive model based on weight gain, has been developed to reduce the number of stressful examinations for retinopathy for prematurity.
Ana Čolić +2 more
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The prenatal phase of retinopathy of prematurity
Acta paediatrica, 2021 To explore the current literature on prenatal inflammation‐associated risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
O. Dammann, J. Rivera, S. Chemtob
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Pathophysiology of Retinopathy of Prematurity
Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2012 Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), an ocular disease characterized by onset of vascular abnormalities in the developing retina, is the major cause of visual impairment and blindness in premature neonates.
İmren Akkoyun
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American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2021 Purpose: To report an unusual case of congenital bilateral abnormality due to coexisting ocular toxoplasmosis and retinopathy of prematurity. Observations: A prematurely born baby with bilateral retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) (one eye treated) was ...
Darakhshanda Khurram +3 more
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