Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2018
Retinopathy of prematurity in infants with birth weight 1500-2000gms in tertiary health care hospital,Telangana,India
Dr. B. Kantha Sree, Dr. V. E. Raju, Dr. Saumya Lakshman Gaddalay, Dr. Shubham Lakshman Gaddalay
Abstract :
Aim
The aim of the study is to assess ROP among infants with B.wt 1500–2000gms who are not within AAP/AOP screening guidelines.
Material and methods
Hospital based prospective interventional study on preterm infants screened for ROP at Neonatal ICU in Gandhi Hospital,secunderabad from January 2017 –march 2018 .Out of 399 screened for ROP ,178(45%) are with B.wt 1500–2000gms and ROP is present in 157 (39%). it is statistically significant (P=0.0169).
Conclusion
In conclusion our study signifies the importance of modification in the screening guidelines in regard of the cutoff for B.wt which needs to be be higher for the Indian population
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Retinopathy of prematurity in infants with birth weight 1500-2000gms in tertiary health care hospital,Telangana,India , Dr.B.Kantha Sree, Dr.V.E.Raju, Dr.Saumya Lakshman Gaddalay, Dr.Shubham Lakshman Gaddalay , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7|Issue-12| December-2018
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Retinopathy of prematurity in infants with birth weight 1500-2000gms in tertiary health care hospital,Telangana,India , Dr.B.Kantha Sree, Dr.V.E.Raju, Dr.Saumya Lakshman Gaddalay, Dr.Shubham Lakshman Gaddalay , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7|Issue-12| December-2018
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