A new risk-based screening criterion for treatment-demanding retinopathy of prematurity in Denmark

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Slidsborg, Carina ^a   Forman, Julie Lyng ^b   Rasmussen, Steen ^c   Jensen, Hanne ^a,d   Nissen, Kamilla Rothe ^a   Jensen, Peter Koch ^a   Bangsgaard, Regitze ^a   Fledelius, Hans Callø ^a   Greisen, Gorm ^e   La Cour, Morten ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Sundhedsstyrelsen   (Denmark)

^d JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conventional screening criteria; Expected missed treatment demanding ROP cases; Preterm delivery; Retinal ablation therapy; Retinopathy of prematurity; Risk based criterion; Screening; Threshold disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETINOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DENMARK; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79952233631     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1974     Document Type: Article

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