منابع مشابه
Towards Worldwide Amblyopia Elimination – Vision Screening
Amblyopia can be defined as the deficient development of brain vision during the first decade of human life, and is the topic of some excellent recent reviews.1–3 It remains a common cause of vision impairment in developed countries despite the fact that it is completely preventable and treatable. In some small-scale regional efforts in developed countries, deliberate screening combined with co...
متن کاملA reconsideration of amblyopia screening and stereopsis.
The need for routine amblyopia screening of all children, making such screening "as important a part of medical care as immuni zations," is all but self-evident. Although, as Lippman points out, many of the traditional incidence statistics need interpretation to be meaningful, most recent large-scale screening efforts of children indicate an amblyopia in cidence of 1 to 3 % in the general pop...
متن کاملZagreb Amblyopia Preschool Screening Study: near and distance visual acuity testing increase the diagnostic accuracy of screening for amblyopia.
AIM To present and evaluate a new screening protocol for amblyopia in preschool children. METHODS Zagreb Amblyopia Preschool Screening (ZAPS) study protocol performed screening for amblyopia by near and distance visual acuity (VA) testing of 15 648 children aged 48-54 months attending kindergartens in the City of Zagreb County between September 2011 and June 2014 using Lea Symbols in lines te...
متن کاملRotterdam AMblyopia screening effectiveness study: detection and causes of amblyopia in a large birth cohort.
PURPOSE. The Dutch population-based child health monitoring program includes regular preverbal (age range, 1-24 months) and preschool (age range, 36-72 months) vision screening. This study is on the contribution of an organized vision screening program to the detection of amblyopia. METHODS. A 7-year birth cohort study of 4624 children was started in 1996/1997 in Rotterdam. Vision screening dat...
متن کاملPreschool vision screening: negative predictive value for amblyopia.
BACKGROUND/AIMS Single optotype tests of visual acuity are widely used for preschool vision screening in order to optimise cooperation with testing. These tests may, however, underestimate the visual acuity deficit in amblyopia because they lack visual crowding. This study assessed the resultant negative predictive value (NPV) for amblyopia. METHODS Cohort study of 936 children in the Cambrid...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Military Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal of Serbia
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0042-8450,2406-0720
DOI: 10.2298/vsp0702139s