Published 3 December 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a2648
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a2648

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Retinopathy of prematurity

Clare M Wilson, specialist registrar, ophthalmology, Alistair R Fielder, professor emeritus, ophthalmology

1 Department of Optometry and Visual Science, City University, London EC1V 0HB

Correspondence to: C M Wilson clarewil25@yahoo.com

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

The figureGo is a wide field image taken with a RetCam (Clarity Inc, Pleasanton, CA, USA) at 39+4 weeks’ postmenstrual age from a baby born at 27+5 weeks’ gestation (birth weight 940 g). He needed prolonged ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome, and he underwent surgery for necrotising enterocolitis. Now aged 5, he is seen regularly at the eye clinic for myopia and intermittent exotropia, which his mother reports is most obvious at the end of the day.


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1 Which preterm babies are screened for retinopathy of prematurity in the United Kingdom?
2 What stage of retinopathy of prematurity does this baby have and how should he be managed?
3 What other ophthalmic sequelae are common in children born prematurely?

1 In the UK all babies weighing less than 1501 g or born before 32 weeks’ gestation should be screened for retinopathy of prematurity.
2 This baby has stage 3 retinopathy . . . [Full text of this article]

The five (six) stages of retinopathy of prematurity

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