Analysis of Discrepancy Between Diagnostic Clinical Examination Findings and Corresponding Evaluation of Digital Images in the Telemedicine Approaches to Evaluating Acute-Phase Retinopathy of Prematurity Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

As effective treatments for potentially blinding retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) have been introduced, the importance of consistency in findings has increased, especially with the shift toward retinal imaging in infants at risk of ROP.

Objective

To characterize discrepancies in findings of ROP between digital retinal image grading and examination results from the Telemedicine Approaches to Evaluating Acute-Phase Retinopathy of Prematurity study, conducted from May 2011 to October 2013.

Design, setting, and participants

A poststudy consensus review of images was conducted by 4 experts, who examined discrepancies in findings between image grades by trained nonphysician readers and physician examination results in infants with referral-warranted ROP (RW-ROP).

SUBMITTER: Quinn GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5989319 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature