Open Medicine (Mar 2018)

Correlation of retinopathy of prematurity with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

  • Podraza Wojciech,
  • Michalczuk Beata,
  • Jezierska Karolina,
  • Domek Hanna,
  • Kordek Agnieszka,
  • Łoniewska Beata,
  • Modrzejewska Monika,
  • Kot Joanna

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2018-0012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 67 – 73

Abstract

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Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are diseases that occur only in preterm infants. The etiology of these disorders is multifactorial; however, it is believed that some of the factors in children presenting with BPD affect both the initiation and severity of ROP. The aim of the study was to evaluate the degree of clinical severity of ROP in infants with BPD compared to those without BPD.

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