Incidence and Risk Factors of Rop in a Tertiary Care Center in Western Odisha: Our Experience so Far
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND \nRetinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a disorder of preterm infants in which the developing retinal blood vessels are not well \ndeveloped which causes poor visual acuity or blindness. Blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) or severe visual \nimpairment can be prevented if at risk infants are screened before occurrence of advanced stages of ROP. This study was done \nto determine the incidence of ROP in western Odisha so far and the risk factors associated with it. \nMETHODS \nDemographic factors and clinical information of all the 160 consecutive infants screened for ROP in Dept. of Ophthalmology, \nVIMSAR, Burla were recorded and thoroughly analysed. Infants’ gestational age (GA), PMA (postmenstrual age), birth weight \n(BW), gender, singleton or multiple births, being the first child, and their NICU/neonatologist’s recommendation for eye \nexamination were recorded based on their medical records. Mothers’ LMP, delivery method, EDD were also inquired. Exposure \nto oxygen supplementation, history of neonatal sepsis, RDS, neonatal jaundice, blood transfusion, convulsion were also recorded \naccording to medical records and databases are accordingly analysed univariately. \nRESULTS \nAmong 160 eligible infants, 125 (78.1%) were found to have associated risk factors other than prematurity (group B), while \n26.8% were only premature babies without any other risk factors (group A). Mean age at first eye exam in group A was 35 \nweeks of PMA versus 32 weeks in group B. The incidence of stage 4 and/or 5 was nil. Being the first child and single or multiple \nbirths did not contribute to the time of first eye exam significantly and neither did gender of the infant. \nCONCLUSIONS \nProviding sufficient information about ROP to parents and educating them about this potentially blinding condition is a must, so \nthat blindness due to ROP can be checked by increasing the chance of on-time screening.
Language: English
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2940905595