OBJECTIVE Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) is necessary for normal development of retinal blood vessels in mice and humans. Because retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is initiated by abnormal postnatal retinal development, we hypothesized that prolonged low IGF-I in premature infants might be a risk factor for ROP. DESIGN We conducted a prospective, longitudinal study measuring serum IGF-I ...

PURPOSE To investigate the associations between assisted reproductive technology (ART) and severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) requiring treatment. METHODS Retrospective analyses of inborn preterm infants screened for severe ROP at the Weill Cornell Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital by single factor logistic regression and multifactor models...

Health professionals and parents of preterm infants fear the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and retinopathy of prematurity because these neonatal morbidities are risk factors for development of neurosensory impairment, low psychomotor development index scores on the Bayley scales of infant development II, and neurotic mental development 2. Ultrasonographic signs of brain injury such ...

On August 9th , 1963, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, the son of USA President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier, died after 39 hours of life, being born 5 1⁄2 weeks premature. This was not a so severe prematurity, but anyhow he was affected by HMD, and at that time only oxygen was available for neonates with respiratory failure. Of course such death gave a great prompt to the research in this fi...

BACKGROUND Uncertainty continues regarding the extent to which neonatal morbidities predict poor long-term outcome and functional abilities in extremely preterm infants. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine the impact of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), ultrasonographic signs of brain injury, and severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) on 11-year outcomes in infants born at <26 ...

Three premature infants observed to develop severe stage III retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) at 3 to 5 weeks of age received immediate treatment by cryoablation and photocoagulation, with good results. The critical importance of the ophthalmic examination of premature babies from the age of 2 weeks, so as not to overlook such cases of 'rush' type ROP is stressed and the difficulty involved in ...

objective the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and the most common risk factors of motor developmental delay in infants. materials & methods following ethical approval, a study was carried out on the prevalence and risk factors of infants with motor developmental delay. the first stage was conducted through a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of motor develo...

background and purpose: prematurity birth occurs when a newborn is born before the thirty seventh week of pregnancy. preterm birth is the most expensive and the most common health problem. so, the aim of this study was to do epidemiological survey of prematurity in gonbad-e kavous in 2010. materials and methods: this sectional- descriptive study was carried out on 172 premature babies with cens...