Restricted universal guidelines for ROP screening: A possible misguidance for middle income countries

ERDEVE Ö., Atasay B., ARSAN S., Batuoglu F., ATİLLA H., Turmen T.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.40, sa.5, ss.791-796, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-0904-29
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.791-796
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Premature, retinopathy of prematurity, screening, PREMATURITY, RETINOPATHY, INFANTS
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: The objective of all studies evaluating retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening criteria has been to minimize the number of infants screened while missing no patients with ROP who required treatment. Studies supporting the recommendation that screening for ROP could be restricted to infants born at less than 30 weeks of gestation with birth weights of less than 1250 g have been reported recently, especially from Western countries. However, with the lack of local outcome data, application of the new restricted screening guidelines to infants in middle income countries may lead to misguidance. We aimed to investigate ROP screening requirements in infants born at more than 30 weeks of gestation with birth weights above 1250 g in our unit and to compare them with different countries' screening guidelines to assess the possible risk of restricted guidelines in our unit.