Background: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a preventable cause of childhood blindness, is a severe complication of preterm (PT) birth treatment.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyse the risk factors (RF) associated with the development and progression of ROP. Particular focus is on the contribution of anaemia towards the development and progression of ROP.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been predominately associated with respiratory illness. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common reported kidney involvement. Kidney complications, including proteinuria, hematuria, and rarely collapsing glomerulopathy (CG), a form of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), are also well known now and are frequently documented in the literature published so far.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with multi-organ involvement. It may involve skin, kidneys, joints, central nervous system (CNS), and cardiopulmonary system. Marked variations in clinical presentations are seen in SLE patients, ranging from subclinical to life-threatening manifestations.
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