[Evaluation of risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity genesis, ocular errors, and psychomotoric development in prematurely born children in West Bohemia--twelve years longitudinal study].

Objective: The retrospective study is focused on monitoring of risk factors necessary for retinopathy of prematurity genesis and monitoring children with retinopathy of prematurity and their ocular and psychomotoric morbidity. The study concerned children treated at the Faculty Hospital in Plzen (Pilsen, Czech Republic, E.U.

[The short-bowel syndrome].

This study was designed to asses the clinical course of five children with a short bowel syndrome after massive intestinal resection during neonatal period. On the basis of their experience the authors analyze some properties that may be advantageous in this syndrome and discuss the most important factors, including enteral feeding at an early postresection stage, which influence a full development of the small bowel adaptive mechanisms. They point out that so called "short gut colitis", sometimes occurring during advancement of enteral nutrition, can be successfully treated by sulphasalazine.