Incidence and main risk factors for severe retinopathy of prematurity in infants weighing less than 1000 grams in Brazil

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 502-506

  Fortes Filho, João Borges ^a   Borges Fortes, Bárbara Gastal ^a   Tartarella, Marcia Beatriz ^b   Procianoy, Renato Soibelmann ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blindness; Incidence; Prematurity; Prevention; Retinopathy of prematurity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; INDOMETACIN; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

BLINDNESS; INCIDENCE; PREMATURITY; PREVENTION; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84889003241     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt036     Document Type: Article

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