Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2395-1443
Online ISSN: 2395-1451
CODEN : IJCEKF
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Original Article
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Volume : 4, Issue : 1, Year : 2018
Article Page : 73-77
https://doi.org/10.18231/2395-1451.2018.0018
Abstract
Design: A prospective observational study.
Setting: The study was conducted over a period of one year, from 01-07-2013 to 30-06-2014 at a hospital attached to a newly established rural medical college in India; located 45 km away from the regional eye centre.
Subjects: All babies, without exclusions, were screened for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) as per guidelines of National Neonatology Forum (NNF) of India, i.e. babies born < 34 weeks gestation and/or < 1750 g birth weight, and the babies 34-36 6/7 weeks gestation or 1750-2000 g birth weight, with risk factors for ROP.
Interventions: 53 babies were screened for ROP as per NNF guidelines.
Main Outcome Measures: 16 babies required laser therapy from the 53 babies that were screened over a period of one year. All weighed 1500 g or less at birth. Their GA was less than 33 weeks or less.
Conclusion: BW 1500 g or less and/ or GA less than 34 weeks, appear to be appropriate ROP screening criteria. Applying NNF criteria, no ROP would have been missed. In 19 (35.8%) babies screening could have been avoided. It is desirable to determine appropriate ROP screening criteria for a particular centre; based on local evidence.
Keywords: Blindness in children, Laser therapy, Oxygen therapy, Preterm baby, Retinopathy of Prematurity.
How to cite : Daga S, , Sambare P, Kulkarni S, Narwadkar P, Bhalerao C, Choosing wisely babies for retinopathy of prematurity screening is more important in low resource setting. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2018;4(1):73-77
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