Evaluation of new guidelines for ROP screening in Sweden using SWEDROP - A national quality register

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 265-268

  Holmström, Gerd ^a   Hellström, Ann ^b   Jakobsson, Peter ^c   Lundgren, Pia ^d   Tornqvist, Kristina ^e   Wallin, Agneta ^f  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

guidelines; national register; retinopathy of prematurity; screening

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENSTRUAL AGE; POSTNATAL AGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SWEDE (PEOPLE); TIME TO TREATMENT; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREMATURITY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REGISTER; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; STANDARDS; SWEDEN; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84927689708     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12506     Document Type: Article

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