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General Information

  • Prematurity, especially 30 weeks of gestation.
  • Birth weight 1,500 g (3 lb, 5 oz).
  • Use of supplemental oxygen, neonatal sepsis, hypoxemia, hypercarbia, failure to thrive, coexisting illness, Caucasian race, and male sex.
  • Risk factors mentioned above, when present concurrently, have an additive effect on the risk for development of ROP.