Retinopathy screening results of late-preterm infants born at 32–35 weeks of gestational age
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology May 18, 2019
Demir ST, et al. - For late-preterm infants born at 32–35 weeks gestational age (GA), researchers analyzed the screening results for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in this retrospective, nonrandomized, observational clinical investigation. Using the International ROP Committee criteria, they grouped the zones and stages of ROP development. Based on GA, four groups of patients were defined: 32 < 33 weeks GA, 33 < 34 weeks GA, 34 < 35 weeks GA, and 35 < 36 weeks GA. Of 543 infants included, the development of different stages of ROP was seen in 29 infants (20.9%) in 32 < 33 weeks GA, 19 infants (15%) in 33 < 34 weeks GA, 17 infants (10.5%) in 34 < 35 weeks GA, and 6 infants (5.2%) in 35 < 36 weeks GA. According to findings, screening for ROP must be performed in late-preterm infants, particularly in those born in developing countries. Although GA increases were accompanied by decreases in the rates of ROP development, screening for ROP should be performed at least once in infants born at 34 weeks of GA or younger, irrespective of birth weight.
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