Retinopathy of prematurity as a major cause of severe visual impairment and blindness in children in schools for the blind in Guadalajara city, Mexico

Retinopathy of prematurity as a major cause of severe visual impairment and blindness in children in schools for the blind in Guadalajara city, Mexico

AimTo determine the causes of blindness in students attending schools for the blind in Guadalajara city, Mexico and to assess the availability of screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in local neonatal intensive care units.MethodsInformation on causes of blindness was obtained by interview...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of ophthalmology 2011-11, Vol.95 (11), p.1502-1505
Hauptverfasser: Zepeda-Romero, L C, Barrera-de-Leon, J C, Camacho-Choza, C, Gonzalez Bernal, C, Camarena-Garcia, E, Diaz-Alatorre, C, Gutierrez-Padilla, J A, Gilbert, C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acuity
Adolescent
Age
Age Distribution
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Weight
Blindness
Blindness - epidemiology
Blindness - etiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Classification systems
Female
Gestational Age
Glaucoma
Health insurance
Hospitals
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Intensive care
Intensive care units
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal - statistics & numerical data
Male
Medical personnel
Medical sciences
Mexico - epidemiology
Miscellaneous
Mortality
Neonatal Screening - utilization
Neonates
Ophthalmology
Optic nerve
Optic Nerve - abnormalities
Premature birth
Retinopathies
Retinopathy
Retinopathy of Prematurity - complications
Retinopathy of Prematurity - diagnosis
Retinopathy of Prematurity - epidemiology
Reviews
Schools
Vision disorders
Vision, Low - epidemiology
Vision, Low - etiology
Visual impairment
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Zusammenfassung:AimTo determine the causes of blindness in students attending schools for the blind in Guadalajara city, Mexico and to assess the availability of screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in local neonatal intensive care units.MethodsInformation on causes of blindness was obtained by interview with parents and teachers, review of records and examination. Causes of visual loss in children with a distance visual acuity of
ISSN:0007-1161
1468-2079
DOI:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300015