PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S. J. Rankin
AU  - T. R. Tubman
AU  - H. L. Halliday
AU  - S. S. Johnston
TI  - Retinopathy of prematurity in surfactant treated infants.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.76.4.202
DP  - 1992 Apr 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 202--204
VI  - 76
IP  - 4
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/76/4/202.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/76/4/202.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1992 Apr 01; 76
AB  - Seventy six babies of less than 1500 g birth weight who had surfactant replacement therapy for severe respiratory distress syndrome were studied to assess the presence and stage of subsequent retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). A control group of 90 babies, matched for birth weight and gestational age, who did not have surfactant therapy were also studied. Threshold ROP or greater was found in 1.7% of the surfactant group and 7.8% of the controls. For the babies of less than 1000 g birth weight 4.0% of the surfactant babies and 16.3% of the controls reached threshold disease or greater. It is concluded that surfactant therapy is not associated with an increased incidence or severity of severe ROP in this preterm population.