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

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

Author(s) -

Linda Visser,

Radhika Singh,

Mary Ann Young,

Humphrey Lewis,

Neil McKerrow

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

south african medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 2078-5135

pISSN - 0256-9574

DOI - 10.7196/samj.6305

Subject(s) - retinopathy of prematurity , medicine , guideline , childhood blindness , blindness , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , gestational age , optometry , pregnancy , genetics , pathology , biology

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.

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