Association between severe retinopathy of prematurity and nonvisual disabilities at age 5 years

JAMA. 2014 Feb 5;311(5):523-5. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.282153.

Authors

Barbara Schmidt¹, Peter G Davis², Elizabeth V Asztalos³, Alfonso Solimano⁴, Robin S Roberts⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁵ Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 24496539
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.282153

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blindness / epidemiology*
Blindness / prevention & control
Case-Control Studies
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Disabled Children*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Male
Prognosis
Retinopathy of Prematurity / complications*
Risk

Grants and funding

MCT 13288/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada