Type of publication:
Journal article
Author(s):
Wong H.S., Santhakumaran S., Statnikov Y., Gray D., Watkinson M., Modi N., Kadalraja R., Kefas J., Srinnel S., Ramesh C., Rackham O., Brearey S., Thirumurugan A., Losa I., McBride T., Amegavie L., Zipitis C., Yadan M., Maddock N., Moise J., Edi-Osagie N., Heal C., Birch J., Al-Zidgali F., Hasib A., Kisat H., Soe A., Long D., Fedee J., Lama M., Gupta R., Rawlingson, De Boer R.C., Rao P., Blake K., Bhaduri A.K., Halahakoon C., *Deshpande, Mohite A., Tewary K.K., Palmer K., Gallagher A., Nycyk J., Simmons P., Morgen I., Underhill H.C., Mahesh Babu R.N., Dalton S., Dixon H., James M., Jayalal V., Dyke M., Babiker S., Soe T., Rubin S., Ogilvy-Stuart A., Evans I., Wickham T., Van Someren V., Watkin S., Blumberg R., Sharief N., Aladangady N., Sullivan C., Alsford L., Sharma B., Khan A., Hamdan S., Ahmed J.S., Foo A., Talekar R., Adiotomre P., Gibson A., Thomas M., Mathur R., Cruwys M., Mannix P., Ariff H., Garbasa M., Lal M., Bosman D., Fenton A., Bolton A.R., Abu-Harb M., Verber I., Olivier J., Larson J., Cherinet Y., Munyard P., Osbourne N., Raman M., Watts T., Hannam S., Walter S., Kuna J., Chang Y.L., Shephard R., Lindo D., Calvert S., Wigfield R., Wylie P.., Misra I., Shettihalli N., Khashu M., Hall M., Groves C., De Halpert P., Schapira D., Kinsey S., Butterworth S., Garg A., Whitehead G., Sanghavi R., Whincup G., Khader K., Mallik A., Amess P., Godden C., Reynolds P., Brannan N., Noble V., Rao A.S., Wardle S., Ratnayaka M., Holman J., Zengeya S., Jones S., Wach R., Tooley J., Mann R.J., Eaton M., Babirecki M., Seal S., Schwartz K., Gibson D., Jampala C., Pairaudeau P., Miall L., Shyamannr K., Qunib M.
Citation:
Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, May 2014, vol./is. 99/3(F196-F202), 1359-2998;1468-2052 (May 2014)
Abstract:
Objectives: To report on retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening compliance against a national guideline, factors associated with non-compliance and effect on ROP treatment. Design: National cohort study using operational NHS data from the National Neonatal Research Database (NNRD) for the period 2009-2011. Setting: 161 (94%) neonatal units in England. Population: Infants born below 32 weeks’ gestation and/or with a birth weight below 1501 g. Main outcome measures: ROP screening status (’on-time’, ’early’, ’late’, ’unknown’) and associated infant and neonatal unit characteristics, ROP treatment. Results: The proportion of infants screened on-time increased over the study period (p
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