Within- and between-country variation in gestational age thresholds for retinopathy of prematurity screening in Latin America
Juan Carlos Silva, Alejandro Vasquez De Kartzow, Celia Cristina Lomuto, Claudia Zuluaga-Botero, Luz Gordillo, Consuelo Zepeda-Romero, Pedro Acevedo, Veronica Contreras, Guillermo Andrés Monteoliva, Gabriela Saidman, Graham E. Quinn, Clare Gilbert · 2026
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Juan Carlos Silva and eleven colleagues study how eye screening cutoffs for premature babies vary across Latin America, in a paper dated twenty twenty-six. The eye disease, retinopathy of prematurity, can blind babies born too early, and screening catches it in time. Most countries in the region have national rules setting which babies to screen by birth age and weight. The team used a regional database covering seventeen countries.
Birth weight cutoffs varied far more than age cutoffs. Some countries screened wider than their own rules, others narrower. Match with national rules ranged from poor to eighty percent in the best country. The authors say the patchy practice weakens fair comparisons and may leave some babies unchecked.
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| CREATOR | Juan Carlos Silva, Alejandro Vasquez De Kartzow, Celia Cristina Lomuto, Claudia Zuluaga-Botero, Luz Gordillo, Consuelo Zepeda-Romero, Pedro Acevedo, Veronica Contreras, Guillermo Andrés Monteoliva, Gabriela Saidman, Graham E. Quinn, Clare Gilbert |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |