Stanford University Network for Diagnosis of Retinopathy of Prematurity (SUNDROP): 18-month experience with telemedicine screening

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Silva, Ruwan A ^a   Murakami, Yohko ^a   Jain, Atul ^a   Gandhi, Jarel ^a   Lad, Eleonora M ^a   Moshfeghi, Darius M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Retinopathy of prematurity; Retrospective study; ROP; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAFF TRAINING; STANFORD UNIVERSITY NETWORK FOR DIAGNOSIS OF RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEONATAL NURSING; NEONATAL SCREENING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 56949099703     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-008-0943-z     Document Type: Article

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