PEDIATRICS Vol. 123 No. 2 February 2009, pp. e361-e362 (doi:10.1542/peds.2008-3644)
LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
Systematic Review of Digital Imaging Screening Strategies for Retinopathy of Prematurity: In Reply
Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MSProgram on Pediatric Health Services Research,
Department of Pediatrics
David K. Wallace, MD, MPH
Departments of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics,
Duke University,
Durham, North Carolina
Graham E. Quinn, MD, MSCE
Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology,
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Fielder et al take issue with our recent systematic review1 in which we concluded that the "evidence base is not sufficient to recommend that retinal imaging be routinely adopted by NICUs to identify infants who have serious retinopathy of prematurity [ROP]." Our report is timely because, as we described, many
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