Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Treatment Requiring Retinopathy of Prematurity in Big Premature Infants in Turkiye: Report No. 1 (BIG-ROP Study).

Introduction: The aim of the study was to analyse the clinical and demographic features of infants with gestational age (GA) of 32-37 weeks and birth weight (BW) of >1,500 g who developed treatment requiring retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

Methods: Data on the infants with a GA of 32-37 weeks and BW >1,500 g who developed treatment requiring ROP (TR-ROP) were collected retrospectively from the 33 ROP centres in Turkiye. GA, BW, type of hospital, neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) level, presence of an ophthalmologist and neonatologist in the same hospital, length of stay in NICU, duration of oxygen therapy, comorbidities, type of ROP, and timing for TR-ROP development were analysed.

Effects on Wavefront Aberration after Short-term Wear of Senofilcon A Photochromic Contact Lens.

Background: To assess the variability in wavefront aberrations with short-term wear of photochromic senofilcon A contact lenses in both its activated and inactive states.

Methods And Material: In this cross-sectional study, 20 participants who had previously used soft contact lenses were enrolled. Corneal aberrometry measurements were performed on each subject, without contact lenses, using Sirius Scheimpflug-Placido topography.

Relationship between C-reactive protein/albumin ratio and dipper/nondipper pattern in normotensive individuals.

Objective: Nondipper blood pressure pattern plays an important role in cardiovascular events even in normotensive individuals. The relationship between CRP (C-reactive protein)/albumin ratio (CAR), a valuable marker of inflammation and cardiovascular diseases, has been studied for a long time. We aimed to investigate the relationship between CAR and dipper/nondipper pattern in normotensive subjects.