Evaluation of clinical profile and screening guidelines of retinopathy of prematurity in an urban level III neonatal intensive care unit.

Summary

Single-centre observational study from an urban Indian level III NICU evaluating the clinical profile of retinopathy of prematurity and the performance of screening criteria in 211 screened infants. Most ROP, including treatment-requiring type 1 disease, occurred in infants of 1500 g birth weight or less, with zone 1 disease uncommon. ROP was rare in heavier infants, with treatment needed only once, in an outborn infant. The authors suggest the screening and treatment burden in urban NICUs falls mainly on smaller, low-birth-weight infants.

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