Time to regain birth weight - a marker to predict the severity of retinopathy of prematurity?

Abstract Background Poor weight gain in the first few weeks of life has been studied as a predictor of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Our aim was to assess whether time taken to regain birthweight (BW) be used as an additional marker to identify infants with type 1 ROP. Methods In this retrospect...

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Main Authors: Ajay Anvekar, Sam Athikarisamy, Shripada Rao, Andy Gill, Elizabeth Nathan, Dorota Doherty, Geoffrey Lam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-12-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-03027-x