Risk factors and prevalence of retinopathy of prematurity in very low birth weight preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The study suggests ROP should be prevented early in very low birth weight preterm infants with a combination of blood transfusions, low gestational age, low gestational weight, sepsis, intraventricular hemorrhage, lung disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, and patent ductus arteriosus.