Role of tele-medicine in retinopathy of prematurity screening in rural outreach centers in India - a report of 20,214 imaging sessions in the KIDROP program

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 335-345

  Vinekar, Anand ^a   Jayadev, Chaitra ^a   Mangalesh, Shwetha ^a,b   Shetty, Bhujang ^a   Vidyasagar, Dharmapuri ^c,d  

^a Narayana Health City   (India)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Laser; Outreach; Retinopathy of prematurity; Rural; Screening; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RETINA IMAGE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; STAFF TRAINING; SURVIVOR; TELEMEDICINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84952872336     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2015.05.002     Document Type: Review

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