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ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2021

Do extremely preterm infants need retinopathy of prematurity screening earlier than 31 weeks postmenstrual age?

Amy J Sloane, Elizabeth A O'Donnell, Amy B Mackley, Julia E Reid, Jay S Greenspan, David A Paul, Zubair H Aghai

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Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Interpretation of the UK screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity updated 2022 guidelines].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amy J SloanePediatrics/Neonatology, Thomas Jefferson University/Nemours, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Elizabeth A O'DonnellPediatrics/Neonatology, Thomas Jefferson University/Nemours, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Amy B MackleyPediatrics/Neonatology, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA.
Julia E ReidPediatrics/Ophthalmology, Thomas Jefferson University/Nemours, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jay S GreenspanPediatrics/Neonatology, Thomas Jefferson University/Nemours, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
David A PaulPediatrics/Neonatology, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2633-6341
Zubair H AghaiPediatrics/Neonatology, Thomas Jefferson University/Nemours, Philadelphia, PA, USA. zaghai@nemours.org.
Thomas Jefferson University · USChristiana Care Health System · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the utility of screening all extremely preterm infants for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) at 4 weeks chronologic age, which is earlier than recommended by the 2018 AAP guidelines. STUDY

designRetrospective analysis of infants <27 weeks gestation from two tertiary NICUs between 2006 and 2018 who survived until first eye examination.

results550 infants (gestational age 25.1 ± 1.2 weeks and birth weight 758 ± 323 g) had 1310 examinations performed by 32 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA), and 676 (51.6%) of these were prior to 31 weeks PMA. No examinations in infants prior to 31 weeks PMA met the criteria for laser therapy. Of 87/550 infants (15.8%) who required laser therapy, none did so prior to 32 weeks PMA.

conclusionsNo infants born <27 weeks gestation were found to have severe ROP prior to 31 weeks PMA, supporting the most recent AAP recommendation of initiating ROP screening at 31 weeks PMA for extremely preterm infants.

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Retinopathy of PrematurityAdultBirth WeightGestational AgeHumansInfantInfant, Extremely PrematureInfant, NewbornRetrospective Studies

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PMID32377010
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