Open AccessCorrelation between global statistics and Romanian prevalence of rethinopathy of prematurithy (ROP)
Author(s) -
Daniela Popescu,
Dumitru Matei
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
romanian journal of medical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6108
pISSN - 1842-8258
DOI - 10.37897/rjmp.2016.2.6
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , population , environmental health , risk factor , demography , retinopathy of prematurity , pregnancy , family medicine , gestational age , sociology , biology , genetics
The active discovery of risk factors among pregnant women could lead to a decrease in premature births in Romania which are currently above the European average – 9% over 6.5%. Low addressability of the population towards primary medicine constitutes a major risk factor for premature birth. Unwanted pregnancy prevention among teenagers may become a priority from an economic standpoint or when one considers the social impact of a premature newborn. Daily costs for taking care of a premature baby are extremely high, the European average being somewhere around 100 euro/day. Therefore, given the impact and severe nature of ROP, it is highly recommended that a deep and careful research of risk factors, their rate of prevalence and a specific individualization of their causes be performed in order to establish the main areas of prevention. Assuring an analysis of adjustable factors corroborated with the importance of early discovery of retinopathy allow for a thorough evaluation of possible prognostic factors. Underlining the risk factors currently found on modern literature, a retrospective study has been made, which backs these conclusions. The basis for monitoring is represented by the clinical charts in IOMC (“Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute for Mother and Child, Bucharest).