| Autor: |
Karen Simmer, Sanjay Patole, Sam Ebenezer Athikarisamy, Geoffrey Christopher Lam, Stuart Ross, Shripada Cuddapah Rao, Debbie Chiffings |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMJ Open, Vol 10, Iss 8 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2044-6055 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036483 |
| Popis: |
Objectives Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vasoproliferative disease of the preterm retina with the potential to cause irreversible blindness. Timely screening and treatment of ROP are critical. Neonatal nurses trained in wide field digital retinal photography (WFDRP) for screening may provide a safe and effective strategy to reduce the burden of ophthalmologists in performing binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy (BIO). The objective of the study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of WFDRP in the diagnosis of referral warranting ROP (RWROP).Design Prospective diagnostic accuracy study.Setting A tertiary neonatal intensive care unit in Perth, Western Australia.Participants Preterm infants who fulfilled the Australian ROP screening criteria (gestational age (GA) |
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