Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity: Do Former Guidelines Still Apply?
| Autor: | Darel Wittebol-Post, Bernard P. Cats, Karel E. W. P. Tan, Bart L. M. Zijlmans, Nicoline E. Schalij-Delfos |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Birth weight Eye disease Gestational Age Guidelines as Topic medicine Birth Weight Humans Mass Screening Retinopathy of Prematurity Mass screening Retrospective Studies business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Newborn Infant Gestational age Retrospective cohort study Retinopathy of prematurity General Medicine medicine.disease eye diseases Ophthalmology Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Retinopathy |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus. 33:35-38 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2405 0191-3913 |
| DOI: | 10.3928/0191-3913-19960101-10 |
| Popis: | Early detection of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in premature and very-low-birth-weight infants is crucial. In this retrospective study, 581 infants either with a birth weight below 1500 g or a gestational age of less than 32 weeks, or who did not fit these criteria but were judged to be at increased risk, were screened for ROP. ROP developed in 159 (27.4%). The incidence of ROP appeared to be inversely proportional to birth weight and gestational age. Infants with a birth weight below 750 g had a significantly higher risk of developing stage 3 and 4 ROP. The mean age at detection was 7.6 ± 1.6 weeks. Nearly all of the ROP cases and all of the stage 3 and 4 cases were detected between the 5th and 10th week. Because screening should be focused on these visionthreatening stages, ophthalmic examinations should be concentrated in, but not limited to, the period between the 5th and the 10th postnatal week. |
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