Retinopathy of prematurity detection: a retrospective quality improvement project before-after implementation of retinal digital imaging for screening.

Unlabelled: Screening of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) was modified in a level-3 neonatal intensive care unit by the introduction of a wide-field retinal imaging. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) diagnosis was improved or not compared to previously used binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy (BIO). This was a retrospective, uncontrolled, quality improvement project.

Effectiveness and efficiency of tele-expertise for improving access to retinopathy screening among 351 neonates in a secondary care center: An observational, controlled before-after study.

In France, secondary care hospitals encounter difficulties to adhere to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening guidelines. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness and efficacy of a tele-expertise program for ROP screening in neonatal intensive care units without on-site ophthalmologists. We evaluated the impact of a tele-expertise program funded by the Paris Region Health Authority in a secondary care center general hospital of the Paris Region (CHSF), where there was previously no on-site ophthalmologist.

[Abnormal ocular findings in the nursery and in the first few weeks of life: a mandatory, yet difficult and neglected screening].

Recommendations issued by the French Health Ministry include ocular screening in the first days of life and at 2 and 4 months. The aim is to detect ocular abnormalities requiring early treatment, in order to improve the prognosis. Paediatricians working in the nursery should therefore be trained in order to perform ocular screening, which requires using an ophthalmoscope.

[Value and results of radioguided deep spinal biopsy].

MATERIAL AND METHODS. 76 percutaneous vertebral biopsies were performed with fluoroscopic guidance at the Radiology B Service, Hôpital Cochin in Paris, from November 1991 to March 1994. There were 12 cervical, 23 thoracic, 45 lumbar and sacral biopsies.

[Ocular toxoplasmosis in AIDS].

Since 1983, we have seen 11 cases of toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis in patients with AIDS. Ocular toxoplasmosis appears to be a growing concern in AIDS: 3.3% in 1983, 6.