Abstract

RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, Miriam  and  CONCEPCION PACHECO, José Alejandro. Theoretical framework on retinopathy of prematurity and research criteria. Gac Méd Espirit [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.2. ISSN 1608-8921.

Background: The retinopathy of the prematurity is a vasoproliferative microangiopathy that is unchained in preterm children and with factors of risk for its development. It can advance, of not being detected and treated, toward the visual handicap and even the blindness, of there the importance of their inquire criteria. It was carried out a systematic revision on this relatively young topic in ophthalmology, in the database Medline that involved the last decade, to be this the stage in that Cuba has developed the inquire criteria work and treatment of the illness. Objective: To upgrade the knowledge about the retinopathy of the prematurity and its investigation approaches. Development: In the world there have been carried out multicentre studies for its best understanding and handling; and it have become unified approaches for its classification, being the main factors of risk to those that associates the low gestational age at birth, the extreme low weight, the ventilation and oxygen employment, among others. Several treatments exist to avoid the blindness for retinopathy of the prematurity, being the laser the more used at the moment, combining in many cases with therapeutic novel as the vitrectomy and the angiogenic. As for the investigation approaches uniformity doesn't exist in the world, but Cuba has a National Protocol for its handling that guarantees its opportune diagnosis and an immediate treatment. Conclusions: The retinopathy of the prematurity is an ophthalmologic illness that constitutes priority in Cuba, existing in the country a national protocol for its handling and this way to avoid the visual damage that can cause.

Keywords : Retinopathy of prematurity; risk factors; mandatory testing; inquire criteria.

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