Clinical Research

Platelet Transfusion: Is it a Risk Factor for the Development of Premature Retinopathy?

Volume: 22 Number: 1 March 22, 2025
TR EN

Platelet Transfusion: Is it a Risk Factor for the Development of Premature Retinopathy?

Abstract

Aim: To determine the potential relationship between platelet transfusions and the development of premature retinopathy. Materials and Method: This is a retrospective, cross-sectional, case-control study. Premature infants with gestational age <32 weeks were divided into two groups those who developed severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) (Stage >2) and those who did not. Demographic data, short and medium-term morbidities, presence of transfusion, and transfusion numbers were recorded from the hospital data system and patient files. Conditional logistic regression analysis was performed to adjust for matching. Results: A total of 130 premature infants were included in the study between January 2017 and January 2021. ROP was detected in 80 (61.5%) patients. In the groups with and without ROP, birth weights were 1201±256 g and 1035±341 g (p=0.03), gestational ages were 28.6±2 weeks and 27.5±2 weeks (p=0.06), respectively. Twenty-one patients received platelet transfusions. The number of platelet transfusions was higher in the ROP group (p<0.01). There was a significant correlation between the number of platelet transfusions and the need for ROP treatment (-0.21, p=0.016). Conclusions:A significant relationship was found between the number of platelet transfusions and the development of retinopathy requiring treatment. More prospective randomized controlled studies are needed to establish a link between severe retinopathy development and platelet transfusions.

Keywords

References

  1. Zin A, Gole GA. Retinopathy of prematurity-incidence today. Clin Perinatol 2013;40(02):185–200. Bancalari A, Schade R. Update in the Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity. Am J Perinatol. 2022;39(1):22-30. Fevereiro-Martins M, Marques-Neves C, Guimarães H, Bicho M. Retinopathy of prematurity: A review of pathophysiology and signaling pathways. Surv Ophthalmol. 2023;68(2):175-210.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Services and Systems (Other)

Journal Section

Clinical Research

Publication Date

March 22, 2025

Submission Date

May 9, 2024

Acceptance Date

December 25, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 22 Number: 1

APA
Tunçel, D., Balık, S., Şero, L., Ekinci, D. Y., & Okur, N. (2025). Platelet Transfusion: Is it a Risk Factor for the Development of Premature Retinopathy? Jinekoloji-Obstetrik Ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi, 22(1), 51-55. https://doi.org/10.38136/jgon.1481253
AMA
1.Tunçel D, Balık S, Şero L, Ekinci DY, Okur N. Platelet Transfusion: Is it a Risk Factor for the Development of Premature Retinopathy? Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi. 2025;22(1):51-55. doi:10.38136/jgon.1481253
Chicago
Tunçel, Duygu, Sevdet Balık, Leyla Şero, Dilbade Yıldız Ekinci, and Nilufer Okur. 2025. “Platelet Transfusion: Is It a Risk Factor for the Development of Premature Retinopathy?”. Jinekoloji-Obstetrik Ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi 22 (1): 51-55. https://doi.org/10.38136/jgon.1481253.
EndNote
Tunçel D, Balık S, Şero L, Ekinci DY, Okur N (March 1, 2025) Platelet Transfusion: Is it a Risk Factor for the Development of Premature Retinopathy? Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi 22 1 51–55.
IEEE
[1]D. Tunçel, S. Balık, L. Şero, D. Y. Ekinci, and N. Okur, “Platelet Transfusion: Is it a Risk Factor for the Development of Premature Retinopathy?”, Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 51–55, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.38136/jgon.1481253.
ISNAD
Tunçel, Duygu - Balık, Sevdet - Şero, Leyla - Ekinci, Dilbade Yıldız - Okur, Nilufer. “Platelet Transfusion: Is It a Risk Factor for the Development of Premature Retinopathy?”. Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi 22/1 (March 1, 2025): 51-55. https://doi.org/10.38136/jgon.1481253.
JAMA
1.Tunçel D, Balık S, Şero L, Ekinci DY, Okur N. Platelet Transfusion: Is it a Risk Factor for the Development of Premature Retinopathy? Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi. 2025;22:51–55.
MLA
Tunçel, Duygu, et al. “Platelet Transfusion: Is It a Risk Factor for the Development of Premature Retinopathy?”. Jinekoloji-Obstetrik Ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi, vol. 22, no. 1, Mar. 2025, pp. 51-55, doi:10.38136/jgon.1481253.
Vancouver
1.Duygu Tunçel, Sevdet Balık, Leyla Şero, Dilbade Yıldız Ekinci, Nilufer Okur. Platelet Transfusion: Is it a Risk Factor for the Development of Premature Retinopathy? Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi. 2025 Mar. 1;22(1):51-5. doi:10.38136/jgon.1481253