Child health · UKMLA & AKT
Retinopathy of prematurity
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vasoproliferative disorder of the developing retina and a leading preventable cause of childhood blindness. Premature birth disrupts retinal vascularisation, causing a two-phase oxygen-driven process leading to pathological vessel growth.
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