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[Calculation of the "safety index" in clinical practice]
1Ocní klinika LF UP, Olomouc.
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The SI calculation accurately predicts retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) stage in high-risk infants. An SI score above 1.5 may allow for earlier follow-up interruption in ROP screening.
Area of Science:
- Ophthalmology
- Neonatology
- Pediatrics
Abstract:
The paper is aiming to evaluate the SI calculation for children with ROP in clinical practice with respect to the prognosis and possible shortening of follow-up interval. The SI calculation and anamnestical evaluation was done in all preterm neonates referred for ROP screening in Faculty Hospital in Olomouc within 36 months interval with the stress to the relation of SI and ROP stage. Regarding to the prognosis SI corresponds well with ROP stage in children with higher risk, when asymmetrical so with the worse eye. Even above the threshold (SI = 1.0) ROP-3 was developed in some individual cases, but no one with SI above 1.5. In that cases we can interrupt follow-up in short time.