TY - JOUR T1 - Dopamine is an indicator but not an independent risk factor for grade 3 retinopathy of prematurity in extreme low birthweight infants JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 309 LP - 310 DO - 10.1136/bjo.2003.025395 VL - 88 IS - 2 AU - K Allegaert AU - V Cossey AU - G Naulaers AU - C Vanhole AU - H Devlieger AU - I Casteels Y1 - 2004/02/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/88/2/309.2.abstract N2 - Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a multifactorial disease with numerous risk factors.1 Indicators besides birth weight or gestational age might be used to further discriminate the relative risk of developing ROP associated with a given gestational age or birth weight. Dopamine might be such an indicator since Mizoguchi et al reported on the association of dopamine and the risk of developing ROP in survivors (n = 41) with a birth weight below 1000 g and suggested that this association might be causal.2To document whether dopamine is an indicator or an independent risk factor for developing ROP, a retrospective chart review in extreme low birthweight (ELBW—that is, below 1000 g) infants in a single neonatal intensive care unit during a 2 year period (2000–1) was performed. Neonatal characteristics collected were birth weight, gestational age, and Apgar score. Respiratory characteristics were either markers of … ER -