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Screening for retinopathy of prematurity
L Andruscavage1, D J Weissgold
1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Aim:
A cross sectional (prevalence) study was performed to assess the usefulness and sensitivity of commonly employed criteria to identify infants for routine ophthalmoscopic screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
Methods:
At a tertiary care centre between 1 January 1992 and 30 June 1998, experienced vitreoretinal specialists screened 438 premature infants for ROP. Retinal maturity and the presence of ROP were determined by indirect ophthalmoscopic examinations.
Results:
Of the eligible infants surviving 28 days, 276 (91.7%) of 301 infants with birth weights
Conclusions:
Relatively restrictive criteria to identify premature infants eligible for routine ophthalmoscopic screening for ROP may be the cause for some infants going unexamined and their ROP undetected.
