DR. NEHA KHURANA

DR. N.R. GUPTA, DR.GAGANDEEP KAUR

Abstract

Retinopathy of prematurity which is a leading cause of childhood blindness. Capturing serial daily postnatal weight gain can act as an innovative, low-cost method of risk stratification. The prospective observational study was conducted on 62 infants. ROP screening was done based on RBSK criteria. Infants were classified into no ROP (n=28), mild ROP (n=8) and treatable ROP (n=26) groups. Average daily postnatal weight gain was measured and its relation to development of ROP was studied. Mean rate of weight gain in no ROP group, mild ROP group and treatable ROP group was 33.12, 27.19 and 15.31 grams per day respectively (P=0.001). Mean gestational age and birth weight in treatable group (n=26) was 31.38 weeks and 1572.31 grams respectively. Receiver operating curve analysis revealed a cut-off of 29.33 grams per day for ROP and 21.91 grams per day for severe ROP. So, the rate of weight gain of a preterm can help us to prioritize babies according to ROP risk .