Open AccessDevelopment of a quality improvement package for reducing sight-threatening retinopathy of prematurity
Author(s) -
Kumar Prabhash,
Deepak Chawla,
Anu Thukral,
Ashok Deorari,
Rajan Shukla,
Clare Gilbert
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2087_19
Subject(s) - medicine , retinopathy of prematurity , quality management , context (archaeology) , childhood blindness , psychological intervention , formative assessment , health care , pediatrics , medical emergency , nursing , gestational age , pregnancy , operations management , paleontology , management system , genetics , statistics , mathematics , economic growth , economics , biology
With improving survival of preterm neonates, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is emerging as a major cause of childhood blindness. Incidence of sight-threatening ROP can be reduced by improving the quality of care provided to preterm neonates.