Association of small for gestational age with retinopathy of prematurity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2019)

SGA was associated with increased odds of any stage of ROP, severe ROP and treated ROP in preterm infants. Neonatologists should incorporate SGA into the risk assessment during ROP evaluation and while providing counselling to the families of preterm SGA infants. ROP screening guidelines should look into the frequency of follow-up examination in SGA infants in aim to offer early detection and treatment.

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