Frequency, risk factors and outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey

The aim was to report outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening conducted between March 1999 and March 2012 in a retrospective manner before October 2005 (Group 1) and prospective manner thereafter (Group 2). Data of the neonates with either a gestational age of 34 weeks or less...

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Main Authors: Murat Küçükevcilioğlu, Fatih Mehmet Mutlu, Serdar Umit Sarıcı, Osman Melih Ceylan, Halil Ibrahim Altınsoy, Selim Kılıç, Ferhat Cekmez
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Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2013-10-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1536
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description The aim was to report outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening conducted between March 1999 and March 2012 in a retrospective manner before October 2005 (Group 1) and prospective manner thereafter (Group 2). Data of the neonates with either a gestational age of 34 weeks or less or with a birth weight of less than 1501 g were analyzed to elucidate the frequency of ROP, ROP-related risk factors and population characteristics. Of the 640 neonates, 240 (37.5%) had any stage of ROP. Gestational age ≤32 weeks, birth weight
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spelling doaj-art-2905ffd3ecb44c309cddb4acaefdc4702025-08-20T02:55:23ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212013-10-01555Frequency, risk factors and outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care hospital in TurkeyMurat Küçükevcilioğlu0Fatih Mehmet MutluSerdar Umit SarıcıOsman Melih CeylanHalil Ibrahim AltınsoySelim KılıçFerhat CekmezDepartment of Ophthalmology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy and Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. mkucukevcilioglu@gata.edu.tr. The aim was to report outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening conducted between March 1999 and March 2012 in a retrospective manner before October 2005 (Group 1) and prospective manner thereafter (Group 2). Data of the neonates with either a gestational age of 34 weeks or less or with a birth weight of less than 1501 g were analyzed to elucidate the frequency of ROP, ROP-related risk factors and population characteristics. Of the 640 neonates, 240 (37.5%) had any stage of ROP. Gestational age ≤32 weeks, birth weight https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1536
spellingShingle Murat Küçükevcilioğlu
Fatih Mehmet Mutlu
Serdar Umit Sarıcı
Osman Melih Ceylan
Halil Ibrahim Altınsoy
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Frequency, risk factors and outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
title Frequency, risk factors and outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey
title_full Frequency, risk factors and outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey
title_fullStr Frequency, risk factors and outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey
title_full_unstemmed Frequency, risk factors and outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey
title_short Frequency, risk factors and outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey
title_sort frequency risk factors and outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care hospital in turkey
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