
handle: 10183/164258
Objetivo: Estudar a prevalência da retinopatia da prematuridade em recém-nascidos prematuros, nascidos no Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre entre outubro de 2002 e agosto de 2005. Métodos: Estudo transversal de 220 crianças prematuras nascidas com peso igual ou inferior a 1.500 gramas e/ou com idade gestacional igual ou menor do que 32 semanas, examinadas no centro de neonatologia, após dilatação das pupilas, sempre a partir da sexta semana de vida. Resultados: A retinopatia da prematuridade ocorreu em 61 (61/220) prematuros, em um percentual de 27,73%. A doença atingiu estadiamento 1 em 12,73% dos casos (28/220), estadiamento 2 em 9,55% dos casos (21/220) e estadiamento 3 em 5% dos casos (11/220). Apenas uma das crianças atingiu o estadiamento 5 da doença, em 0,45% dos casos (1/220). Conclusões: O percentual de 27,73% de retinopatia encontrado foi similar ao de outros trabalhos internacionais com o mesmo delineamento, assim como o percentual de 5% de retinopatia no estágio 3. Apenas um dos prematuros desenvolveu a doença até o estágio mais grave (5), havendo 0,45% de cegueira pela retinopatia da prematuridade no Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in neonates born at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil, from October 2002 to August 2005. Methods: Cross-sectional study of 220 neonates born with 1.500 g or less and/or gestational age of 32 weeks or less. They were all assessed at the division of neonatology, after pupil dilatation, starting from the sixth week of life. Results: ROP was diagnosed in 61 neonates (61/220), with a prevalence rate of 27.73%. The disease reached stage 1 ROP in 12.73% (28/220), stage 2 ROP in 9.55% (21/220), and stage 3 ROP in 5.00% (11/220) of the cases. Only one child reached stage 5 ROP, which represented 0.45% of the cases (1/220). Conclusions: The ROP prevalence of 27.73% was similar to other international crosssectional studies, as well as 5% of stage 3 ROP. Only one of the neonates reached the most severe stage of the disease (ROP5), with blindness by ROP rate of 0.45% at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.
Prevention, R, Blindness, prevenção, Retinopathy of prematurity, prevalência, cegueira, Cegueira, Prevalence, Medicine, Retinopatia da prematuridade
Prevention, R, Blindness, prevenção, Retinopathy of prematurity, prevalência, cegueira, Cegueira, Prevalence, Medicine, Retinopatia da prematuridade
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