Mechanisms and Management of Retinopathy of Prematurity | New England Journal of Medicine
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The immature retinas of preterm neonates are susceptible to insults that disrupt
neurovascular growth, leading to retinopathy of prematurity. Suppression of growth factors …

Background Advances in technology, data availability, and analytics have helped improve
quality of care in the neonatal intensive care unit. Objective To provide an in-depth review of …

The population of infants at risk for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) varies by world region;
in countries with well developed neonatal intensive care services, the highest risk infants are …

Vision screening for children is an evaluation to detect reduced visual acuity or risk factors
that threaten the healthy growth and development of the eye and visual system. Vision …

Vision screening for children is an evaluation to detect reduced visual acuity or risk factors
that threaten the healthy growth and development of the eye and visual system. Vision …

Importance Current retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) guidelines, which are based on studies
of high-risk infants and expert opinion, have low specificity for disease requiring treatment …

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in
children worldwide. Middle-income nations are currently experiencing epidemic levels of …

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) occurs because the retina of a preterm infant at birth is
incompletely vascularized, and if the postnatal environment does not match the in utero …

Importance The first Postnatal Growth and Retinopathy of Prematurity Study (G-ROP-1)
developed new screening criteria with 100% sensitivity for type 1 retinopathy of prematurity …