Timing of ROP Exams in Extreme Micro Premature Infants in Community Hospitals

Abstract

Introduction While Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) screening guidelines are well established for premature infants; the timing of exams for extreme micro-premature infants is still somewhat debated. Based on our study we propose ROP screening guidelines for infants under 26 weeks. Methods We used de-identified data from ROP CHECK (Glacier Medical Software, Inc), from 7 community hospitals, over a preceding 7-year period. 507 babies under 26 weeks were included in the study. Timing of reaching aggressive active disease (pre plus, plus, and stage 3 zone 1/ posterior …