Oral vitamin A supplementation for ROP prevention in VLBW preterm infants

• Main Authors: Francesca Garofoli (Author), Donatella Barillà (Author), Micol Angelini (Author), Iolanda Mazzucchelli (Author), Annalisa De Silvestri (Author), Rosanna Guagliano (Author), Lidia Decembrino (Author), Chryssoula Tzialla (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Vitamin A administration may decrease any stage of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in preterm infants. To evaluate whether vitamin A oral supplementation could be preventive in ROP incidence and severity in VLBW infants, we compared results from 31 preterm infants, (< 1500 g or < 32 ...