The Trend of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Malaysia From 1992 to 2001 Based on a Nationwide Blind Schools Study

被引：4

作者：

Chang, Khai Meng ^{[1
]}

Patel, Dinesh Kumar ^{[1
]}

Tajunisah, Iqbal ^{[1
]}

Subrayan, Visvaraja ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia

来源：

ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2015年 / 27卷 / 02期

关键词：

retinopathy of prematurity; childhood blindness; Malaysia; Asia-Pacific; blind school; SEVERE VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; SURFACTANT REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ATTENDING; 4; SCHOOLS; CHILDHOOD BLINDNESS; SRI-LANKA; CHILDREN; EPIDEMICS; STUDENTS; CAMBODIA; INDIA;

D O I：

10.1177/1010539512455047

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is one of the most important causes of childhood blindness worldwide. The trend of ROP in Malaysia was unclear because there was no national registry before 2002. The purpose of this study is to analyze ROP students of different ages in the schools for the blind in Malaysia in order to evaluate the trend of ROP from 1992 to 2001. Data were obtained from a previous survey of 24 blind schools. It was found that 78 students or 17.4% were blind/severely visual impaired as a result of ROP. There was a significant surge in the number of ROP students who were born in 1994 when the use of synthetic surfactants was first introduced in Malaysia; otherwise there was no increasing trend in the number of students with ROP. However, the percentage of ROP in total was increasing, which indicates that ROP is becoming a more important cause of childhood blindness in this country.

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页码：217 / 224

页数：8

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