Screening criteria for retinopathy of prematurity in developing countries

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 931-937

  Akman, Ipek ^a   Demirel, Utku ^a   Yenice, Özlem ^a   Ilerisoy, Hacer ^a   Kazokoǧlu, Haluk ^a   Özek, Eren ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Developing country; Retinopathy of prematurity; Screening criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCREENING TEST; SEPSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); INCIDENCE; LASER COAGULATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; STANDARD; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

CRYOTHERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TURKEY;

EID: 77957560018     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067211002000519     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. International Committee For Classification of ROP. An international classification of retinopathy of prematurity. Pediatrics 1984; 74: 127-33.
2. Hunter DG, Mukai S. Retinopathy of prematurity: pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment. Int Ophthalmol Clin 1992; 32: 163-84.
3. Gibson DL, Sheps SB, Uh SH, Schechter MT, McCormick AQ. Retinopathy of prematurity-induced blindness: birth-weight-specific survival and the new epidemic. Pediatrics 1990; 86: 405-12.
4. Biglan AW, Brown DR, Macpherson TA. Update on retinopathy of prematurity. Semin Perinatol 1986; 10: 187-95.
5. Section on Ophthalmology American Academy of Pediatrics; American Academy of Ophthalmology. American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Screening examination of premature infants for retinopathy of prematurity. Pediatrics 2006; 117: 572-6.
6. World Health Organization. Preventing Blindness in Children: Report of WHO/IAPB Scientific Meeting. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2000.
7. Gilbert C, Rahi J, Eckstein M, O'Sullivan J, Foster A. Retinopathy of prematurity in middle-income countries. Lancet 1997; 350: 12-4.
8. Gilbert C, Foster A. Childhood blindness in the context of VISION 2020: The right to sight. Bull World Health Organ 2001; 79: 227-32.
9. Schachat AP. Retinopathy of prematurity. Retina. St. Louis: Mosby; 2001: 1472-99.
10. Gilbert C, Fielder A, Gordillo L, et al. Characteristics of infants with severe retinopathy of prematurity in countries with low, moderate and high levels of development: implications for screening programs. Pediatrics 2005; 115: e518-25.
11. Blohme J. Bengtsson-Stigmar E, Tornqvist K. Visually impaired Swedish children. Longitudinal comparisons 1980ñ1999. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 2000; 78: 416-20.
12. Rahi JS, Cable N, British Childhood Visual Impairment Study Group. Severe visual impairment and blindness in children in the UK. Lancet 2003; 362: 1359-65.
13. Hornby SJ, Adolph S, Gothwal VK, Gilbert CE, Dandona L, Foster A. Evaluation of children in six schools for the blind in Andhra Pradesh. Indian J Ophthalmol 2000; 48: 195-200.
14. Rahi JS, Sripathi S, Gilbert CE, Foster A. Childhood blindness in India: causes in 1318 blind school students in 9 states. Eye 1995; 9: 545-50.
15. Hornby SJ, Xiao Y, Gilbert CE, et al. The causes of childhood blindness in the Peopleís Republic of China: results from 1131 blind school students in 18 provinces. Br J Ophthalmol 1999; 83: 929-32.
16. The report of a Joint Working Party of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the British Association of Perinatal Medicine. Retinopathy of prematurity: guidelines for screening and treatment. Early Hum Dev 1996; 46: 239-58.
17. Jobe AH, Bancalari E. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia. NICHDNHLBIORD Workshop. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 163: 1723-9.
18. Ehrenkranz RA, Walsh MC, Vohr BR, et al. Validation of the National Institutes of Health consensus definition of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatrics 2005; 116: 1353-60.
19. MacDonald MG, Seshia MK, Mullett MD. Acute Respiratory Disorders. Avery's Neonatology, 6th ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005: 560-5.
20. Reynolds JD, Dobson V, Quinn GE, et al. CRYO-ROP and LIGHT-ROP Cooperative Study Groups. Evidence based screening criteria for retinopathy of prematurity: natural history data from the CRYO-ROP and LIGHT-ROP studies. Arch Ophthalmol 2002; 120: 1470-6.
21. Chaudhari S, Patwardhan V, Vaidya U, Kadam S, Kamat A. Retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care center: incidence, risk factors and outcome. Indian Pediatr 2009; 46: 817.
22. Chen Y, Li X. Characteristics of severe retinopathy of prematurity patients in China: a repeat of the first epidemic? Br J Ophthalmol 2006; 90: 268-71.
23. Jalali S, Matalia J, Hussain A, Anand R. Modification of screening criteria for retinopathy of prematurity in India and other middle-income countries. Am J Ophthalmol 2006; 141: 966-8.
24. Öner A, Özkiriş A, Güneş T, Karaküçük S, Erkiliç K, Çetin N. Retinopathy of prematurity: results of 2 years follow up. Erciyes Med J 2005; 27: 104-9.
25. Kulaçoǧlu DN, Sertöz AD, Ateş O. Prematüre retinopatisinde risk faktörleri ve tarama sonuçlari. Ret Vit 2005; 13: 33-7.
26. Mathew MR, Fern AI, Hill R. Retinopathy of prematurity: are we screening too many babies? Eye 2002; 16: 538-42.
27. odd DA, Wright A, Smith J. the NICUS Group. Severe retinopathy of prematurity in infants, 30 weeks' gestation in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory from 1992 to 2002. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2007; 92: F251-4.
28. Hellstrom A, Engstrom E, Hard A-L, et al. Postnatal serum insulin-like growth factor I deficiency is associated with retinopathy of prematurity and other complications of premature birth. Pediatrics 2003; 112: 1016-20.
29. Smith LEH. Pathogenesis of retinopathy of prematurity. Semin Neonatol 2003; 8: 469-73.
30. Romagnoli C. Risk factors and growth factors in ROP. Early Hum Dev 2009; 85(Suppl): S79-82.