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Retinopathy of Prematurity. Where to Set Screening Limits? Recommendations Based on Two Danish Surveys
Author(s) -
FLEDELIUS H. C.,
ROSENBERG T.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1990.tb11351.x
Subject(s) - danish , medicine , retinopathy of prematurity , blindness , epidemiology , pediatrics , gestational age , childhood blindness , natural history , optometry , pregnancy , philosophy , linguistics , biology , genetics
. If all cases of serious ROP are to be detected, followed, and possibly treated, and the entire natural history of ROP to be recognized, screening limits should be set at no lower than gestational age 32 weeks and/or birthweight 1750 g. These recommendations are based on the experience gained from two Danish surveys: cases registered as visually impaired (compulsory), from the whole country, covering the birth years 1971‐88 (n = 142), and an epidemiological study from a Danish county comprising 411 infants considered at risk in 1982‐1987; 63 infants developed ROP, eventually resulting in blindness in 6 of them.