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lüll Screening for retinopathy of prematurity: evaluation and modification of guidelines Larsson E; Holmstrom GBr J Ophthalmol 2002[Dec]; 86 (12): 1399-402AIMS: To evaluate current screening guidelines for ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) and to determine whether they can be modified. METHODS: In accordance with the authors' present criterion, infants born in Stockholm County, Sweden, from 1 August 1998 to 31 July 2000, with a gestational age of < or =32 weeks, were screened for ROP. The effectiveness of screening was studied. RESULTS: The incidence of ROP was 25.5% in this study. A dropout group comprising almost 20% of the population studied (< or =32 weeks), was never referred, were lost to follow up, or died before screening was completed. No infant with a gestational age of >31 weeks at birth developed severe ROP (stages 3-5) and no infant with a gestational age of >29 weeks was treated for ROP. CONCLUSION: 80% of infants in this population with a gestational age at birth of < or =32 weeks, the current screening criterion, were effectively screened for ROP. The authors recommend that the screening criterion be lowered to =31 weeks since no infant with severe ROP would have been missed.|Birth Weight[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Gestational Age[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Incidence[MESH]|Infant, Newborn[MESH]|Infant, Premature[MESH]|Logistic Models[MESH]|Male[MESH]|Practice Guidelines as Topic[MESH]|Predictive Value of Tests[MESH]|Prospective Studies[MESH]|Regression Analysis[MESH]|Retinopathy of Prematurity/*diagnosis/epidemiology[MESH]|Sweden/epidemiology[MESH]|Vision Screening/*methods[MESH] |