1Consultant Neonatologist, K.R. Hospital and HOD Department of Pediatrics, St Philomena's Hospital, Bangalore-560 001.
2Departments of Pediatric, Retina & Pediatric Visual Rehabilitation, Narayana Nethralaya, Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Bangalore-560 010.
3Division of Neonatology, St Philomena's Hospital, Bangalore-560 001, rpejaver@yahoo.com.
Retinopathy of prematurity has been recognized in India for nearly two decades and most of the NICUs in bigger cities have established screening programs. However, the mushrooming of neonatal units with inadequate awareness and monitoring in smaller towns in recent years has increased the number of babies reporting with advanced stages of ROP. Indian babies have numerous unique characteristics and the care practices in our NICUs are also often different. Hence, there are a large number of research issues which need to tackled in our country.
eye, laser, neonate, oxygen, preterm etina, retinopathy
