Arterial catheters, endothelin, and ROP.
Arterial catheters, endothelin, and ROP.
复制标题
动脉导管、内皮素和 ROP。
作者:
I. Yamanouchi;I. Igarashi
To the Editor.—
During the 15 years from 1976 to 1990, a total of 615 cases of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants weighing between 500 and 1500 g were treated at the Okayama National Hospital Children's Medical Center. 497 of them survived. There were 121 cases of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), 15 of which were treated with cryocoagulation. The Table shows the classification of the VLBW cases according to birth weight and International Classification of ROP.