Retinopathy of Prematurity in 7 Neonatal Units in Rio de Janeiro: Screening Criteria and Workload Implications

Abstract

ROP programs in Brazil should use the wider criteria of < or =1500 g or < or =35 weeks until further evidence-based criteria become available, although this would mean a slight increase in workload across the city, compared with use of the narrower criteria in the better units. Whether survival rates can be used as a proxy to indicate screening criteria requires further investigation.