PEDIATRICS Vol. 80 No. 6 December 1987, pp. 973
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Transcutaneous Oxygen Monitoring and Retinopathy of Prematurity

LAWRENCE J. GRYLACK MD1

1 Georgetown University Division of Neonatology, Columbia Hospital for Women, 2425 L St NW, Washington, DC 20037

To the Editor.—

In response to the article by Bancalari et al (Pediatrics 1987;79:663-669) on transcutaneous oxygen monitoring

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and retinopathy of prematurity, I would like to share information on this subject from our nursery population. The incidence of retinopathy was evaluated retrospectively in a group of 288 preterm newborns during a 7-year period (1975 to 1982) in relationship to birth weight and transcutaneous oxygen monitoring. Of 57 babies with birth weights <1,000 g, 3.5% had cicatricial retinopathy of prematurity and 15% had proliferative disease.




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