Abstract
The aim of this study was to characterize in detail the general health state in infants with retina treated due to retinopathy of prematurity. In all infants, who had to undergo the retinal treatment during the period 2007 – 2009, the birth weight was less than 1000 g and a combination of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and infectious disease was present.
Unfavorable condition after the treatment was caused especially by serious infections and pulmonary complications presented before and after the treatment. For the ophthalmologist, these may be another clue to the presupposition of retinopathy of prematurity prognosis and seriousness besides the birth weight and gestational age.
The complicating diseases facilitate to determine accurately the group of premature infants, which is at higher risk of higher grade of retinopathy.