Telemedicine approach to screening for severe retinopathy of prematurity

To evaluate the use of remote reading of digital retinal photographs in the diagnosis of severe (referral-warranted) retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) during longitudinal screening for ROP.Prospective, longitudinal cohort study.Forty-four consecutive premature infants at risk for ROP.All infants were examined longitudinally, over a series of examinations, by indirect ophthalmoscopy (gold standard) and digital photography using the RetCam-120...