Abstract
ABSTRACT Purpose: The study was aimed to elucidate the incidence and associated risk factors for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in new-born babies in a tertiary care teaching hospital in North India. Methods: The present study was a prospective follow-up study involved in the screening of new-born babies who are at risk of developing ROP conducted in the Ophthalmology department of a teaching hospital in Jammu district, India. Results: During the course of the present study, 199 infants were screened and 13 were found to be having ROP. Incidence of ROP thus was 6.53%. Univariate analysis revealed that neonatal factors like birth weight, O2 supplementation >5 days, patent ductus arterious, sepsis and apnoea of prematurity were significantly associated with ROP (P < 0.05). C-PAP and mechanical ventilation (>5 days) were the only significant predictors for ROP on multivariate logistic regression. Conclusion: A relatively low incidence of ROP was observed with neonatal risk factors more significantly associated with ROP. The prevention of pre-term births and sustaining the gains in neonatal care should go a long way to reduce the incidence of ROP in infants.
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