ACCURACY OF RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY DIAGNOSIS BY RETINAL FELLOWS

作者：Chan R V Paul; Williams Steven L; Yonekawa Yoshihiro; Weissgold David J; Lee Thomas C; Chiang Michael F^*

来源：Retina-The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases, 2010, 30(6): 958-965.

DOI：10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181c9696a

• medical education
• medical informatics
• pediatric ophthalmology
• retina
• retinal imaging
• retinopathy of prematurity

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure the accuracy of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) diagnosis by retinal fellows.
Methods: An atlas of 804 retinal images was captured from 248 eyes of 67 premature infants with a wide-angle camera (RetCam-II, Clarity Medical Systems, Pleasanton, CA). Images were uploaded to a study Web site, from which an expert pediatric retinal specialist and 7 retinal fellows independently provided a diagnosis (no ROP, mild ROP, type 2 ROP, or treatment-requiring ROP) for each eye. The sensitivity and specificity of each retinal fellow were calculated and subsequently compared with a reference standard of diagnosis by an expert pediatric retinal specialist.
Results: For detection of type 2 or worse ROP by fellows, mean (range) sensitivity was 0.751 (0.512-0.953), and specificity was 0.841 (0.707-0.976). For detection of treatment-requiring ROP, mean(range) sensitivity was 0.914(0.667-1.000), and specificity was 0.871 (0.678-0.987).
Conclusion: In general, fellows showed high accuracy for detecting ROP. However, 3 of 7 fellows achieved <80% sensitivity for diagnosis of type 2 or worse ROP, and 2 of 7 achieved <90% sensitivity for diagnosis of treatment-requiring ROP. This could lead to undermanagement and undertreatment of clinically significant disease and raises potential concerns about the quality of ROP screening examinations performed by less-experienced examiners. RETINA 30: 958-965, 2010

• 出版日期2010-6