Publications by authors named "Leila Nezamabadi Farahani"
Article Synopsis
- Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a major cause of blindness in infants, linked to abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, and this study focused on identifying its risk factors in Iran.
- The research analyzed historical data from 338 preterm infants, considering various clinical factors like gestational age, ventilation duration, and maternal age, using a method called random survival forest.
- Key findings highlighted that several factors, including the duration of oxygen therapy and the infant's gestational age, significantly predicted the time until ROP developed, with a strong model accuracy (concordance index of 0.878).
Objectives: To achieve a polio-free certification in Iran, a nationwide active surveillance program for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) was set up following World Health Organization guidelines. This article describes the results of an eight-year surveillance of AFP in Hamadan, in the west of Iran.
Methods: A standard set of minimum core variables were collected.