Retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care center-Incidence, risk factors and outcome

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-224

  Chaudhari, Sudha ^a   Patwardhan, Vidyadhar ^a   Vaidya, Umesh ^a   Kadam, Sandeep ^a   Kamat, Aarti ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Follow up; Laser photocoagulation; Retinopathy of prematurity; Risk factors; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MYOPIA; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEPTICEMIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

APNEA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62949137156     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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