Oral glucose for pain relief during examination for retinopathy of prematurity: a masked randomized clinical trial.

Objective: Ophthalmologic examination for retinopathy of prematurity is a painful procedure. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions have been proposed to reduce pain during eye examinations. This study aims to evaluate the analgesic effect of 25% glucose using a validated pain scale during the first eye examination for retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants with birth weight <1,500 g and/or gestational age <32 weeks.

Postconceptional age at the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity in inborn and referred preterm infants from the same institution.

Purpose: The outcomes of the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) seem to be better in inborn patients than in those patients who were referred for ROP treatment. This study aims to investigate the timing of treatment and the outcomes in inborn patients and in patients referred for treatment to the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Methods: An institutional prospective cohort study was conducted from 2002 to 2010 and included in group 1 all inborn preterm neonates treated for retinopathy of prematurity and in group 2 all babies referred for treatment to the same institution.

The influence of gestational age on the dynamic behavior of other risk factors associated with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

Background: Improved survival of preterm neonates has increased the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in many middle-income countries.

Aim: This study aimed to verify the main risk factors for the development of ROP according to different gestational age (GA) groups.

Methods: A prospective cohort study including infants weighing < or =1,500 g or GA < or =32 weeks at birth was conducted.

Is being small for gestational age a risk factor for retinopathy of prematurity? A study with 345 very low birth weight preterm infants.

Objective: To analyze prevalence and risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) among preterm infants born small for gestational age (SGA) and appropriate for gestational age (AGA).

Methods: A prospective cohort study included preterm infants with birth weight (BW) < or = 1,500 grams and gestational age (GA) < or = 32 weeks, divided into two groups: AGA or SGA. Prevalences and risk factors for ROP were determined in both groups.

Results of a program for the prevention of blindness caused by retinopathy of prematurity in southern Brazil.

Objective: To describe the results of a program for the prevention of blindness caused by retinopathy of prematurity implemented in 2002 at a tertiary-care hospital, according to screening criteria adopted in Brazil, and to compare some aspects with the criteria adopted by other countries.

Methods: Descriptive observational study including all preterm infants born at this hospital weighing View Article and Find Full Text PDF