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Joan Stephenson, PhD

JAMA. 2000;283:1413.

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Current restrictions on giving oxygen to premature infants with moderate retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) are too stringent and can be eased, according to a new multicenter study sponsored by the National Eye Institute (NEI), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Institute of Nursing Research. The findings appear in the February issue of Pediatrics.

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Clinicians have been concerned that giving supplemental oxygen to preemies might cause moderate ROP to progress to severe disease and possible permanent impairment of vision. However, recent research has suggested that controlled amounts of supplemental oxygen might actually prevent progression of the disorder rather than cause harm.

The study involved 649 infants with very early-stage ROP in at least one eye, half of whom were given the usual restricted amounts of oxygen and half of whom were given . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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