Ocular outcomes and comorbidities in preterm infants enrolled for retinopathy of prematurity screening: A cohort study from western India | Zendy

Sucheta Kulkarni | Zendy; Mukti Shah | Zendy; Kuldeep Dole | Zendy; Sudhir Taras | Zendy; Rahul Deshpande | Zendy; Madan Deshpande | Zendy

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Ocular outcomes and comorbidities in preterm infants enrolled for retinopathy of prematurity screening: A cohort study from western India

Author(s) -

Sucheta Kulkarni,

Mukti Shah,

Kuldeep Dole,

Sudhir Taras,

Rahul Deshpande,

Madan Deshpande

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

oman journal of ophthalmology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306

H-Index - 16

eISSN - 0974-7842

pISSN - 0974-620X

DOI - 10.4103/ojo.ojo_221_2017

Subject(s) - medicine , retinopathy of prematurity , pediatrics , cohort , cohort study , gestational age , pregnancy , genetics , biology

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is emerging as an important cause of childhood blindness in middle-income countries such as India. Although blindness can be prevented in most cases with timely screening and treatment, certain ocular comorbidities can lead to visual impairment. We evaluated and compared 1-year visual, refractive, and structural outcomes and comorbidities in three subsets of preterm infants enrolled for screening of ROP.

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