1. Survey on retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in Italy
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Borroni, C, Carlevaro, C, Morzenti, S, De Ponti, E, Bozzetti, V, Console, V, Capobianco, S, Tagliabue, Pe, Italian ROP study Group, Dolcino, D, Gazzolo, D, Fabiani, F, Pedretti, S, Mangili, G, Iacono, G, Rossi Brunori, P, Nascimbeni, G, Spallino, L, Merazzi, D, Magaldi, R, Rinaldi, M, Priolo, E, Capris, P, Gambaro, S, Daniele, I, Osnaghi, S, Araimo, G, Piozzi, E, Mazza, M, Ilardi, L, Chiesi, C, Roversi, Mf, Cavallotti, B, Malguzzi, S, Salvia, G, Sarnelli, Mg, Ganguzza, O, Guagliano, R, Barillà, D, Bollani, L, Cagini, C, Germini, C, Gatta, A, Laborante, A, Fogli, L, Caroni, G, Anselmetti, G, Soldi, A, Ferrero, L, Maestri, Ma, Gregorutti, V, Boiti, C, Miani, F, Sonetti, P, Pignatto, S, Gusson, E, and Mansoldo, C.
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Male ,congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,Birth weight ,Posterior ROP ,Gestational Age ,Intensive Care Units, Neonatal ,Sepsis ,Intensive care ,retinopathy ,medicine ,Birth Weight ,Humans ,Retinopathy of Prematurity ,Prospective Studies ,Erythropoietin ,Extremely preterm infants ,business.industry ,Research ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) ,Infant, Newborn ,Plus-disease ,Gestational age ,Retinopathy of prematurity ,Laserterapy ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Intraventricular hemorrhage ,Italy ,Relative risk ,Multivariate Analysis ,Female ,Laser Therapy ,sense organs ,business ,Intracranial Hemorrhages ,Retinopathy - Abstract
Background This study aims to investigate the incidence and the relative risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and posterior-ROP (P-ROP): ROP in Zone I and posterior Zone II, as well as to analyze the occurrence of surgical treatment of ROP and to evaluate the short term outcome of the disease in Italy. Methods It is a prospective multicenter observational study; all infants with a birth weight (BW) ≤ 750 g and/or a gestational age (GA) ≤27 weeks born between January 1st 2008 and December 31st 2009 in 25 III level Italian neonatal intensive care units were eligible for the study. Results 421 infants were examined: 265 (62.9%) developed ROP and 102 (24.2%) P-ROP. Following the multivariate analysis erythropoietin-therapy (p
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- 2013
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