Factors in Premature Infants Associated With Low Risk of Developing Retinopathy of Prematurity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Most premature infants will not develop retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) of clinical relevance, yet screening evaluations often continue beyond hospital discharge, even for those infants without ROP.

Objectives

To identify the characteristics of infants at low risk for ROP, for whom further postdischarge screening may be of limited value.

Design, setting, and participants

This study took place in North American neonatal intensive care units where clinicians had expertise in ROP. Infants with birth weight less than 1251 g who were born at or transferred into an Telemedicine Approaches to Evaluating Acute-Phase ROP (e-ROP) study center were enrolled. The study included post hoc analysis of prospectively collected in-hospital ROP examination results among infa

SUBMITTER: Wade KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6439829 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature