Chorioamnionitis as a risk factor for retinopathy of prematurity: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Eduardo Villamor-Martinez, Giacomo Cavallaro, Genny Raffaeli, Owais M M Mohammed Rahim, Silvia Gulden, Amro M T Ghazi, Fabio Mosca, Pieter Degraeuwe and Eduardo Villamor

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-20

Abstract: The role of chorioamnionitis (CA) in the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is difficult to establish, because CA-exposed and CA-unexposed infants frequently present different baseline characteristics. We performed an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of studies reporting on the association between CA and ROP. We searched PubMed and EMBASE for relevant articles. Studies were included if they examined preterm or very low birth weight (VLBW,

Date: 2018
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