Proliferative disorder of the retinal blood vessels in premature infants: The normal retinal vascularization occurs nasally at ~36 weeks' gestational age and temporally at ~40 weeks'...
Acute ROP classification
Location
Zone I: posterior retina within a 60-degree circle centered on the optic nerve
Zone II: extends from the edge of zone I to the nasal ora anteriorl...
The CRYO-ROP study demonstrated a favorable outcome for eyes treated at threshold versus control eyes. Threshold ROP is defined as zone I or II, stage 3 (≥5 contiguous or 8 t...
Close follow-up of patients with ROP is required.
Eyes with low-risk prethreshold type 2 ROP receive follow-up every 2 to 4 days for at least 2 w...
H35.109 Retinopathy of prematurity, unspecified, unspecified eye
H35.119 Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 0, unspecified eye
H35.129 Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 1, unspecified eye
H35.1...
Infants with birth weight <1,500 g or gestational age ≤30 weeks and selected infants with birth weight 1,500 to 2,000 g or gestational age >30 weeks with an unstable clinical cou...
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