Purpose: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), an abnormal proliferation of retinal vessels in premature infants with low birth weight, develops due to many factors. This study investigated a possible correlation between haematological parameters and ROP development. Method: This study included 189 infants without ROP and 128 with ROP. All were born at 35 weeks' gestation or earlier, had a CBC drawn within 72 hours of birth, and had haemogram data for the first month. Haemoglobin (Hb), haematocrit (Hct), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), red cell distribution width (RDW), platelet counts (PLT), mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) values were obtained from hospital data and retrospectively analysed. Results: The mean gestational age was 31 weeks and 29 weeks for the control and ROP groups, respectively; the mean birth weights were 1757 g and 1332 g, respectively. The ROP group's birth Hb, MCV and RDW were significantly lower than the control group (p < 0.001), whereas PLT and MPV were significantly higher (p < 0.001). The ROP group's Hb and PLT in the first month were significantly lower than the control group (p < 0.001), whereas RDW, MPV and PDW were significantly higher (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Premature infants with ROP had lower Hb and increased platelet, MPV and PDW in early postnatal life than infants without ROP. In the first month, when ROP develops, low PLT, PDW and Hb and high MPV could be indicators for ROP diagnosis, follow-up and treatment.
Bu çalışmanın amacı üçüncü basamak bir devlet hastanesinde doğan prematüre bebeklerdeki prematüre retinopatisi (ROP) sıklığı, ROP saptanan ve tedavi gereken bebeklerin özellikleri, uygulanan tedavi ve takip süreçleri ile ilgili deneyimlerin paylaşılmasıdır. Çalışmada 35 haftadan erken doğan prematüre bebeklerin verileri retrospektif olarak incelendi. ROP gelişen bebekler içinde tedavi endikasyonu konan ve konmayan bebeklerin verileri karşılaştırıldı. Çalışmada iki yıllık süre içerisinde ünitemizde tedavi görmüş ve ROP açısından takipleri tamamlanmış olan, 112 bebeğin verileri değerlendirildi. Bebeklerin ortalama gestasyonel yaşı 28,372,55 hafta, ortalama doğum ağırlığı 1171,66405,17 gram idi. Bebeklerin 44 tanesinde (%39,2) ROP saptandı. ROP gelişen bebekler arasında tedavi endikasyonu alanlar (n: 10) daha düşük doğum ağırlığı ve daha yüksek oranda inotrop gereksinimi olan bebeklerdi (p
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