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PREVALENCE OF RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY IN PREMATURE INFANTS

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Dr. Sukriti Gupta , Dr. Sarita Aggarwal , Dr. Manan Kaushik, Dr. Suman Singh , Dr. Kashish Goel , Dr. Gagandeep Kaur
» doi: DOI: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.si3.415

Abstract

Preterm birth can impose challenges on the developing ocular system, resulting in the various visual manifestations of varied significance and pathological scope. This ocular condition can pose severe vision loss. Retinopathy of Prematurity is a bilateral proliferative retinopathy, which occurs in premature infants with low birth weight who often have been exposed to higher concentrations of oxygen & effects the developing retinal blood vessels. A Hospital based cross sectional study of 50 premature infants admitted to the specialized neonatal care unit and attending the eye out patient department having gestational age < 32 weeks & birth weight <1500 grams over a period of one year was done. All the new born were examined. Risk factors such as gestational age, birth weight, history of oxygen therapy & ventilation, apnoea, anaemia, blood & blood product transfusion were assessed. A total of 50 premature infants were examined. Prevalence of Retinopathy of Prematurity was found to be 8% (n= 04), the majority of whom 58% (n=29) were male, 50% (n=2) had Stage II Retinopathy. Of the infants having weighed <1500gm. Prevalent postnatal risk factors included oxygen therapy 7.14%, apnoea 40%, anaemia 66.66%, 50% infants who received ventilation & blood transfusion also developed Retinopathy of Prematurity. Retinopathy of prematurity the commonest and more preventable form of blindness. The purpose of the study is to know the prevalence of Retinopathy of Prematurity in extreme low birth weight as it is the most significant problem

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