TY - JOUR T1 - Reliability of retinal imaging screening in retinopathy of prematurity JO - Anales de Pediatría (English Edition) T2 - AU - Navarro-Blanco,C. AU - Peralta-Calvo,J. AU - Pastora-Salvador,N. AU - Álvarez-Rementería,L. AU - Chamorro,E. AU - Sánchez-Ramos,C. SN - 23412879 M3 - 10.1016/j.anpede.2013.10.011 DO - 10.1016/j.anpede.2013.10.011 UR - https://www.analesdepediatria.org/en-reliability-retinal-imaging-screening-in-articulo-S2341287914000647 AB - IntroductionThe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a potentially avoidable cause of blindness in children. The advances in neonatal care make the survival of extremely premature infants, who show a greater incidence of the disease, possible. The aim of the study is to evaluate the reliability of ROP screening using retinography imaging with the RetCam 3 wide-angle camera and also to study the variability of ROP diagnosis depending on the evaluator. Materials and methodsThe indirect ophthalmoscopy exam was performed by a paediatric ROP-expert ophthalmologist. The same ophthalmologist and a technician specialised in digital image capture took retinal images using the RetCam 3 wide-angle camera. A total of 30 image sets were analysed by 3 masked groups: group A (8 ophthalmologists), group B (5 experts in vision), and group C (2 ROP-expert ophthalmologists). ResultsAccording to the diagnosis using indirect ophthalmoscopy, the sensitivity (26–93), Kappa (0.24–0.80), and the percentage agreement were statistically significant in group C for the diagnosis of ROP type 1. In the diagnosis of ROP type 1+type 2, Kappa (0.17–0.33) and the percentage agreement (58–90) were statistically significant, with higher values in group C. ConclusionThe diagnosis, carried out by ROP-expert ophthalmologists, using the wide-angle camera RetCam 3 has proven to be a reliable method. ER -