ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2018
Factors associated with retinopathy of prematurity ophthalmology workload.
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- Corrected gestational age-specific prediction models for identifying treatment-requiring retinopathy of prematurity.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Retinopathy of prematurity screening: prevalence and risk factors of ophthalmic complications in non-treated preterm infants.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
- Incremental cost of premature birth - a public health care payer perspective from Hungary.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the prematurity retinopathy and other eye changes in the newborn.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis article reports on retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) workload in the NICU related to severity of disease, gestational age at discharge, and practice variation. STUDY
designData analysis on 1771 patients ≤ 30 weeks of gestation at birth from a de-identified data set of 13 NICUs.
resultsThere was a positive relationship between the severity of ROP and (1) the number of exams per patient, (2) the severity of ROP, and (3) postmenstrual age at discharge. The progression between the stages of ROP added to exam workload and postmenstrual age at NICU discharge. The addition of plus disease did not increase the exam burden. There was significant practice variation in the number of exams performed independent of ROP severity.
conclusionThe progression of the severity of ROP independent of plus disease, and practice variations both contribute to ROP workload. Addressing these factors could decrease ROP workload without compromising American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines.
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