Open AccessEvaluation of modified retinopathy of prematurity screening guidelines using birth weight as the sole inclusion criterion
Author(s) -
Kakarla V. Chalam,
Selina Lin,
Ravi Murthy,
Vikram S Brar,
Shailesh Kumar Gupta,
Ravi S. Radhakrishnan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
middle east african journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0975-1599
pISSN - 0974-9233
DOI - 10.4103/0974-9233.84048
Subject(s) - retinopathy of prematurity , medicine , inclusion (mineral) , birth weight , low birth weight , pediatrics , obstetrics , gestational age , pregnancy , genetics , biology , gender studies , sociology
The purpose was to determine if birth weight (BW) alone can be the sole criterion for screening infants at risk for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).