Premature infants with premature retinopathy in timisoara. Prevention and therapeutic conduct in Bega maternity

Abstract

Premature retinopathy (ROP) is a vasoproliferative disease secondary to inadequate vascularization of the immature retina of premature infants, which can lead to blindness or severe visual sequelae. It is one of the leading causes of preventable child blindness, with about 2/3 of the 50,000 blind children worldwide living in Latin America. The proportion of blindness caused by ROP is greatly influenced by the level of neonatal care (availability, human resources, equipment, access and quality of care), as well as the existence of screening and treatment programs. Therefore, there is great variability in the occurrence of the disease in developed and developing countries [1-3]