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ROP in three follow‐up studies from Rigshospitalet during the period 1976–1987
Author(s) -
Greisen Gorm
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1993.tb04147.x
Subject(s) - retinopathy of prematurity , pediatrics , medicine , cerebral palsy , blindness , gestational age , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pregnancy , biology , genetics , optometry
. Three studies of late outcome in groups of consecutively admitted very low birthweight or very pre‐term infants have recently been reported from Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. The periods were 1976–78, 1980–82, and 1984–87. The incidences of blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and of motor deficit due to cerebral palsy (CP) are analysed in this report. For the present purpose selection within the three groups made them more, although not entirely, comparable. In spite of marked changes in the use of mechanical ventilation, and in survival rate, the incidences of ROP as well as CP remained constant, at about 5% and 10% of the survivors, respectively. The actual numbers are too small for clearcut conclusions but the analysis supports two previously formed notions: 1) According to monitoring of blood gases deviating oxygen and carbondioxide tensions do not appear as prime factors in inducing neither ROP nor CP, and 2) a very preterm infant of given size and maturity has become less exposed to ROP and CP over the years.