Euna Cho, Urjita Das, Danielle Sidelnikov, Tara Balasubramanian, Daniel Shats, Shaiza Mansoor, He Eun Forbes, Jason Zhou, Ria Kapoor, Sera Chase, Madi Kore, Kristin Williams, Osamah Saeedi, Sripriya Sundararajan, Moran Roni Levin, Laurence Magder, Janet Alexander
This prospective study evaluated the relationship between laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) ocular blood flow velocity (BFV) and five birth parameters: gestational age (GA), postmenstrual age (PMA), and chronological age (CA) at the time of measurement, birth weight (BW), and current weight (CW) in preterm neonates at risk for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).38 Neonates with BW < 2 kg, GA < 32 weeks, and PMA between 27-47 weeks underwent 91 LSCI sessions. Correlation tests and regression analysis were performed to quantify relationships between birth parameters and ocular BFV...
February 22, 2024: Research Square