Abstract
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) was first noted in the late 1940s in preterm infants and described as retrolental fibroplasia, a total retinal detachment seen as white mass behind the lens. The disease was subsequently associated with excessive oxygen use [12, 14, 52]. Oxygen supplementation was curtailed with a decrease in ROP but with an increase in cerebral palsy and death. Supplemental oxygen is now delivered to premature infants to maintain adequate blood levels, but it is monitored carefully [37]. © 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Smith, L. E. H., Jandeck, C., Foerster, M. H., Quiram, P., Lai, M., & Trese, M. T. (2007). Retinopathy of prematurity. In Retinal Vascular Disease (pp. 392–423). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29542-6_20
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