Whenever premature birth interrupts normal retinal vascularization of the developing eye, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) can occur. When ROP was first reported in the 1940s, it was associated with high, oxygen delivery to preterm infants. Though oxygen delivery to preterm infants is now carefully regulated, ROP is still a common occurrence. In very low birthweight infants (birth weights
Public Health Relevance Statement: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), diagnosed in 25% of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, (birth weights
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