Retinopathy of prematurity in a rural neonatal intensive care unit in south India-A prospective study

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 911-915

  Hungi, Bhavana ^a   Vinekar, Anand ^b   Datti, Narendra ^a   Kariyappa, Pushpalatha ^a   Braganza, Sherine ^b   Chinnaiah, Susheela ^a   Donthi, Krishnamurthy ^a   Shetty, Bhujang ^b  

^a SRI DEVARAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Narayana Health City   (India)

Author keywords

Aggressive posterior ROP; Laser photocoagulation; Neonatal intensive care unit; Retinopathy of Prematurity; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866742016     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-012-0707-y     Document Type: Article

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