Trial reportPediatrics2016
A Comparison of Strategies for Retinopathy of Prematurity Detection.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- An international comparison of retinopathy of prematurity grading performance within the Benefits of Oxygen Saturation Targeting II trials.Eye (London, England) · 2018Trial
- Multisource Machine Learning Model for Detecting Referral-Warranted Retinopathy of Prematurity.Ophthalmology science · 2026Article
- Machine Learning Models for Predicting Treatment-Requiring Retinopathy of Prematurity in the e-ROP Study.Translational vision science & technology · 2025Article
- Practice Guidelines for Ocular Telehealth-Diabetic Retinopathy, Third Edition.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2020Article
- Telemedicine for Retinopathy of Prematurity.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2020Review
- Trans-pars-planar illumination enables a 200° ultra-wide field pediatric fundus camera for easy examination of the retina.Biomedical optics express · 2020Article
- Factors in Premature Infants Associated With Low Risk of Developing Retinopathy of Prematurity.JAMA ophthalmology · 2019Article
- Factors associated with retinopathy of prematurity ophthalmology workload.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2018Article
- The Current State of Teleophthalmology in the United States.Ophthalmology · 2017Review
- Detection of Potentially Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity by Remote Image Grading.JAMA ophthalmology · 2017Article
- Retinopathy of Prematurity: Imaging in retinopathy of prematurity: where are we, and where are we going?Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus · 2016Article
- Risk Score for Predicting Treatment-Requiring Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in the Telemedicine Approaches to Evaluating Acute-Phase ROP Study.Ophthalmology · 2016Observational
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesDelayed detection of type 1 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) can lead to permanent visual impairment. Providing ROP examinations is challenging because of the limited ophthalmology workforce. This study compares digital imaging-based ROP detection strategies versus serial ROP examinations.
methodsWe conducted an individual-level microsimulation study of a hypothetical cohort of 650 infants with gestational age from 23 to 30 weeks. Infants were evaluated by using strategies based on indirect ophthalmoscopy or digital imaging beginning at 32 weeks' postmenstrual age (PMA) and continuing to discharge, transfer, or 40 weeks' PMA. ROP status and the accuracy of digital imaging were based on the e-ROP (Telemedicine Approaches to Evaluating Acute-Phase ROP) study, which enrolled high-risk infants.
resultsWithin the hypothetical NICU, the strategy of ROP examinations identified an average of 45.8 cases of type 1 ROP by discharge, transfer, or 40 weeks' PMA, and another 1.9 cases were included in the group of infants recommended to have later follow-up. Digital imaging with an ROP examination at discharge identified all 47.7 cases of type 1 ROP. On average, the ROP examination-only strategy required 1745.7 ROP examinations, whereas digital imaging with a discharge examination required 1065.5 ROP examinations and 1786.2 digital imaging sessions.
conclusionsAlthough digital imaging decreased the number of ROP examinations per infant, there was an increase in the total number of interventions (ie, ROP examinations and imaging sessions). Providing an ROP examination at the time of NICU discharge can significantly reduce the number of infants who require follow-up.
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