Prediction of ROP Treatment and Evaluation of Screening Criteria in VLBW Infants-a Population Based Analysis
- Gerull, Roland
- Brauer, Viviane
- Bassler, Dirk
- Laubscher, Bernard
- Pfister, Riccardo E
- Nelle, Mathias
- Müller, Beatrice
- Roth-Kleiner, Matthias
- Gerth-Kahlert, Christina
- Adams, Mark
- Swiss Neonatal Network
- Follow-up Group
DOIAbstract
BACKGROUND The incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and ROP screening criteria differ between countries. We assessed whether ROP screening could be reduced based on the local ROP incidence. METHODS Observational cohort study of infants born in Switzerland between 2006 and 2015 <32 0/7 weeks. Chronological and postmenstrual ages at ROP treatment were analyzed. A model to identify ROP treatment on patients born between 2006 and 2012 (training set) was developed and tested on patients born between 2013 and 2015 (validation set). RESULTS Of 7817 live-born infants, 1098 died within the first 5 weeks of life. The remaining 6719 infants were included into analysis. All patients requiring ROP treatment would have been identified if sc...
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