The Use of Postnatal Weight Gain Algorithms to Predict Severe or Type 1 Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The currently recommended method for screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy, which requires frequent eye examinations entailing a heavy clinical workload. Weight gain-based algorithms have the potential to minimize the need for binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy and have been evaluated in different setups with variable results to predict type 1 or severe ROP.

Objective

To synthesize evidence regarding the ability of postnatal weight gain-based algorithms to predict type 1 or severe ROP.

Data sources

PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Library databases were searched to identify studies published between January 2000 and August 2021.

Study selection

Prospective and retrospective studies evaluating the

SUBMITTER: Athikarisamy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8611486 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature