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Welcome to Week 2

Having a preterm baby can be a very challenging time for parents and other carers, particularly if the child is being cared for in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). …

The evidence on using anti-VEGF for treating ROP

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is, as the name suggests, a growth factor which plays an important physiological role in the development of blood vessels, including in the retina. Vascular …

Indications for treatment of ROP

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) was first described in 1942 but it took more than four decades before an effective treatment, ablative cryotherapy, was identified. Treatment approaches continue to evolve. Cryotherapy …

Approaches to ROP screening

In this video we consider the advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches to ROP screening. As you watch, consider which approach is most suitable in your setting to ensure …

Who should be involved in an ROP service?

To be effective across a health system, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) services cannot be developed in isolation by individual clinicians and teams. They need to be co-ordinated nationally and across …

Principles of screening

Screening is a public health service offered to people in a defined population (for example, preterm babies) who are at risk of a disease or condition for which earlier detection …

Tracking ROP data within the NICU

Each admission of a preterm baby to the neonatal unit generates vast amounts of clinical and demographic data. In this article we highlight why collecting these data is so important, …

Welcome to week 3

Screening and treatment for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) needs to be meticulously coordinated and managed alongside use of agreed clinical criteria for decision making. This week we look closely at …

Managing the neonatal transfer system

In this video we describe the different kinds of neonatal transfer in detail and the range of challenges in establishing and managing a neonatal transfer system. And we share the …

Which babies should be screened for ROP?

‘Which babies should be screened?’ is an important question, particularly as which babies are at risk of sight-threatening retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) varies considerably from unit to unit and from …

Developmental surveillance of childen born preterm

Babies born prematurely are particularly vulnerable to delays in their development. In their first weeks of life preterm babies are going through developmental processes that occur in the uterus for …