Incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and risk factors associated to ROP in rural area Singh Punit1,*, Patel Deepak2 1Associate Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, SBKS Medical Institute & Research Center, Vadodara, Gujarat, India 2Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, SBKS Medical Institute & Research Center, Vadodara, Gujarat, India *Corresponding Author: Punit Singh Email: punitsinghdr@yahoo.com
Online published on 14 January, 2019. Abstract Aim Study of incidence, clinical staging and risk factors of ROP in rural area. Materials and Methods All premature new born infants at R.L.J. H Kolar were screened between July 2008 and June 2009. The incidence, clinical staging and associated risk factors were studied. We compared our statistics with urban area statistics from literature. Results 210 children were screened. (43%) of them were diagnosed as ROP amongst which (50%) of them were having stage 1 ROP, (33%) stage 2, (15%) of them were having APROP. 22.5% of them had risk factors among them PIH (40%), anaemia (30%) were common. Conclusions Incidence and risk factors are high in rural area compared to urban, so all premature infants should be screened thoroughly Top Keywords ROP, New born, Premature. Top |