title: Risk factors in progression beyond stage 2 retinopathy of prematurity.
abstract: Of the 96 babies born at less than 30 weeks gestation at Westmead Hospital between January 1986 and December 1987, 91 were studied. Of these 37 developed some form of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), with eight babies having stage 3 or worse. We compared the clinical features of these eight babies to a control group of eight babies with stage 2 ROP, having matched for gestational age. Factors of statistical significance in progression beyond stage 2 were male sex and number of days of assisted ventilation. The presence of a patent ductus arteriosus, although not statistically significant, is a factor which we consider to be clinically important. The development of Plus disease is associated with a poor prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Todd
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: John
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors