Erratum for Section on Ophthalmology et al., Pediatrics 117 (2) 572-576.
Published online September 1, 2006
PEDIATRICS Vol. 118 No. 3 September 2006, pp. 1324 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-2162)

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POLICY STATEMENT

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Section on Ophthalmology, American Academy of Pediatrics; American Academy of Ophthalmology; American Association for Pediatrics Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Screening Examination of Premature Infants for Retinopathy of Prematurity. PEDIATRICS 2006;117:572–576.

An error appeared in the Policy Statement by Section on Ophthalmology, American Academy of Pediatrics; American Academy of Ophthalmology; and American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, titled "Screening Examination of Premature Infants for Retinopathy of Prematurity" that was published in the February 2006 issue of Pediatrics(doi:10.1542/peds.2005-2749). On page 573, Recommendation 1 states: "Infants with a birth weight of less than 1500 g or gestational age of 32 weeks or less (as defined by the attending neonatologist) and selected infants with a birth weight between 1500 and 2000 g or gestational age of more than 32 weeks with an unstable clinical course, including those requiring cardiorespiratory support and who are believed by their attending pediatrician or neonatologist to be at high risk, should have retinal screening examinations performed after pupillary dilation using binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy to detect ROP." The gestational age criterion should be 30 weeks, rather than 32 weeks, so that the corrected recommendation should read "Infants with a birth weight of less than 1500 g or gestational age of 30 weeks or less (as defined by the attending neonatologist) and selected infants with a birth weight between 1500 and 2000 g or gestational age of more than 30 weeks with an unstable clinical course, including those requiring cardiorespiratory support and who are believed by their attending pediatrician or neonatologist to be at high risk, should have retinal screening examinations performed after pupillary dilation using binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy to detect ROP."

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