A FIELD STUDY OF RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA IN MARYLAND

[摘要] A field study of prematures born in Maryland in 1952 showed that 5.5% of infants with a birth weight under 2000 grams had residual lesions of retrolental fibroplasia. This was almost four times the incidence in the only other similar report in the literature. Approximately half of the cases identified possessed some useful vision in the better eye. The incidence of residual lesions within each weight group was highest in those infants with the shortest periods of gestation. The disease was two to three times more frequent in babies cared for in the five top ranking hospitals than in the other 41 hospitals, and there was a direct relationship between the proportion of infants with residual lesions and the length of incubator care.

[学科分类] 儿科学