Training retinal imagers for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening

RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY (ROP) Supporting information

‘Comfort care techniques’ reduce pain and anxiety associated with screening for ROP? A randomised controlled trial in 40 infants (O’Sullivan, 2010) used swaddling in the control group (n=20), who also received 0.2 ml of sterile water given by mouth using a syringe and a soother. The intervention group (n=20) were also swaddled, and received 0.2 ml of sucrose 24% given by mouth using a syringe a...

Transpupillary Diode Laser Retinal Photocoagulation for the Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity: Experience in Southern Iran

Screening for retinopathy of prematurity.

The demise of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) was confidently forecast in the 1950s when supplemental oxygen was identified as a causal factor. Unfortunately this did not transpire and by the mid-1960s it became all too apparent that ROP was not solely of historical interest. The purpose of this article is to consider screening for ROP working on the basis that at present this condition is not...

Screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in the middle Black Sea region of Turkey.

This study was designed to determine the frequency of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and the effectiveness of the screening protocol in preterm infants for our country. With these objectives, the charts of 1000 preterm infants were reviewed in Ondokuz Mayis University, Department of Ophthalmology. ROP frequency, the effect of gestational age (GA) and birth weight (BW) and the effectiveness of...

Guideline for the prevention, screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

BACKGROUND Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), one of the most common causes of preventable blindness in preterm neonates, is emerging as a 'third epidemic' in middle-income countries including South Africa. This is due to the increasing survival of preterm neonates, insufficient monitoring of oxygen saturation (SaO2) in most centres, and lack of an ROP screening guideline in most neonatal units....