How Good is Photoscreening For Young Children ’ s Vision Problems?

This study showed that not only was smartphone photoscreening feasible, but was quite good at screening for potential vision problems. Smartphone photoscreening has the advantages of being more ubiquitously available and thus children in almost any location can be screened. A study of photoscreening using a handheld digital photoscreener in primary care offices validated the technology showing an overall referral rate of 10% to an ophthalmologist with suspected astigmatism, anisometropia and strabismus being the most common reasons. The overall positive predictive rate was 0.60. “…[O]ver 60% of children referred were found to have [amblyopia risk factors] and 13% had amblyopia detected on examination, both of which are significantly more than in the general population, which is thought to be 15-20% for [amblyopia risk factors] and 1-2% for amblyopia.” = Questions for Further Discussion 1. What are causes of blindness in children? A review can be found here 2. What causes ptosis? A review can be found here 3. What causes congenital cataracts? A review can be found here Related Cases Disease: Amblyopia | Vision Impairment and Blindness Symptom/Presentation: Health Maintenance and Disease Prevention Specialty: General Pediatrics | Ophthalmology Age: Preschooler To Learn More To view pediatric review articles on this topic from the past year check PubMed. Evidence-based medicine information on this topic can be found at SearchingPediatrics.com and the Cochrane D...
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