UK population based study of severe retinopathy of prematurity: screening, treatment, and outcome
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Retinopathy of prematurity screening and treatment cost in Brazil.
OBJECTIVE To assess the additional cost of incorporating the detection and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) into neonatal care services of Brazil's Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS A deterministic decision-tree simulation model was built to estimate the direct costs of screening for and treating ROP in neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs), based on data for 869 preterm infan...
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The demise of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) was confidently forecast in the 1950s when supplemental oxygen was identified as a causal factor. Unfortunately this did not transpire and by the mid-1960s it became all too apparent that ROP was not solely of historical interest. The purpose of this article is to consider screening for ROP working on the basis that at present this condition is not...
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dear editor: i read the recent publication on retinopathy of prematurity (rop) screening with a great interest. mousavi et al concluded that “giving sufficient information about rop to parents and educating them about this potentially blinding condition, along with making appointments for them and presence of facilities for free rop screening exams, can increase the chance of on-time screening....
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1359-2998,1468-2052
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.057570