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Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital: a baseline prospective study
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  • Published on: 21 August 2020
    Comment on: “Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital: a baseline prospective study.”
    • Thiago GS Martins, Ophthalmologist Federal University of Sao Paulo and University of Coimbra

    To the editor:
    In response to the article titled “Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital: a baseline prospective study.” published in your esteemed journal, I would like to raise a few points regarding this study. This is a well thought of and written paper which demonstrated that birth weight less than 1.5 kg, confirmed neonatal sepsis, nasogastric tube feeding and poor pupil dilation were independently associated with increased incidence of ROP. ROP screening should be a part of the routine service for premature infants in Ghana. (1)

    Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) has a prevalence of 6 to 18% as one of the main causes of vision loss in childhood worldwide (2). Early diagnosis is of fundamental importance to avoid sequelae associated with this disease. However, we have a lack of trained professionals for the proper screening and monitoring of this disease. In addition, studies have shown that there may be a discrepancy in the diagnosis of this pathology among the specialists themselves. (3)
    Due to this difficulty in monitoring, new technologies can be developed to assist in early diagnosis and monitoring, avoiding this important cause of childhood blindness. There are devices such as Retcam that can assist in telemedicine monitoring. This device has a high cost that can be compensated with the development of technologies that allow the registration of newborn images with smartphones, facilitating documen...

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