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mnds Maximum ROP stage during hospital.

Definition

0: no retinopathy

1: demarcation line (Thin white line, lying within the plane of the retina and separating avascular from vascular retinal regions)

2: ridge (The line of stage 1 has increased in volume to extend out of the plane of the retina. Isolated vascular tufts may be seen posterior to the ridge at this stage)

3: extraretinal fibrovascular proliferation (This may be:

  • i) continuous with the posterior edge of the ridge of stage 2
  • ii) posterior, but disconnected from the ridge
  • iii) into the vitreous)

4: total retinal detachment (extrafoveal or involving the fovea)

Opthalmic examination is recommended for all infants with birth weight <1500 g or with <32 weeks gestational age at 6-7 weeks postnatal age. For examination technique see guidelines for screening and treatment of ROP of the Royal College of Opthalmologists and the British Association of Perinatal Medicine 1995.

Details
Names (SQL, Symfony)
M_ROP_max, mRopMax
Type / Form Type
integer / integer
Min. value
0
Max. value
5
Value if unknown
99
Year started
2006
Year ended
3000
Example value
2
Form label
Maximum ROP stage during hosp.