Results of Screening in Schools for Visually Impaired Children

Kızıltunç, Pınar Bingöl; İdil, Aysun; Atilla, Hüban; Topalkara, Ayşen; Alay, Cem

doi:10.4274/tjo.82246

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“…Kızıltunç ve ark. 'nın (25) Türkiye'de görme engelliler okulunda yaptığı güncel çalışmada ise tüm hastaların %27,6'sında önlenebilir nedenler mevcuttu ve bu bulgu gelişmiş ülkelerdeki sonuçlarla benzer özellikteydi. Yine aynı çalışmada çocuk körlüğünün ana nedeni kalıtsal patolojiler (retinal distrofiler, optik atrofiler) olarak bulunmuştu.…”

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Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness in Somalia: Why is Trauma the Most Common Cause?

Kalaycı¹

2020

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Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness in Somalia: Why is Trauma the Most Common Cause?

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“…[6-8] Additionally, avoidable causes including preventable and treatable causes are less in these countries. [9,10] Although preventable and treatable causes are more common in developing countries, the frequency of CVI is also increasing. [11][12][13] With advances in perinatal care, survival of babies with low gestational age increased.…”

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Ocular and Cerebral Causes and A New Scoring System to Evaluate Visual Function in Young Children with Visual Impairment

Kızıltunç¹,

Şahlı²,

Bektaş³

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Purpose: Childhood blindness is important cause contributing to the burden of blindness. It is necessary to identify the most frequently observed diseases in different populations. We aimed to demonstrate clinical features of low vision children and to evaluate the factors affecting visual function by a new visual function scoring system. Methods: 249 children between the age of 6 months and 3 years were included. Visual function was scored from 0 to 15 according to; response to threat, light, object, presence of fixation, duration of fixation, following of light and object in horizontal, vertical, oblique, and circular gazes, optokinetic nystagmus. Patients were classified according to neurological diagnosis and cranial magnetic resonance imaging. Correlation between visual function score and ocular and neurologic findings were evaluated. Results: While 136 patients (54.6%) had cerebral visual impairment (CVI), 89 (35.7%) had ocular pathology, 24 patients (9.6%) had combined pathology. The most common ocular and cerebral pathologies were oculocutaneous albinism (23.9%) and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) (27.5%), respectively. Patients with CVI had lower visual function than ocular pathologies. Neurological structural disorders and HIE had worse visual function. Widespread involvement of brain had lower visual function score. Seizure negatively affected visual function.Conclusions: Cerebral causes were found in approximately half of infants and children with low vision who were referred to our center for visual habilitation. The visual function scoring system we developed in this study will provide an opportunity to be objective in the follow-up of babies and in evaluating the effectiveness of visual habilitation programs.

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“…Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vasoproliferative disease that affects premature infants. It is one of the leading causes of preventable childhood blindness worldwide [1]. ROP is on the rise due to better neonatal survival rates and improved neonatal care.…”

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Recognition and Prevention of Visual Loss Due to Retinopathy of Prematurity in High Risk Twin Infant Pairs: A Case Series with a Multi-specialty Approach

Annamalai

Raghu

Mohanakumar

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Aim: This study was performed to determine profile of asymmetry, newer differences in postnatal risk factors and effects of current laser treatment on retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) progression in preterm twin pairs. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 250 infants (125 twin pairs) of premature birth, low weight or other infant risk factors at Sri Ramachandra hospital, a tertiary referral hospital in Chennai, India from May 2017 to April 2019. Indirect ophthalmoscopy with scleral indentation was performed on all babies under continuous monitoring of oxygen saturation using pulseoximeter in the presence of a neonatologist. Examination and analysis was done for stage and zone of ROP, systemic causes, spontaneous regression and need for treatment. Results: Among 125 twin pairs, 38twin pairs (30%) had ROP which was asymmetrical in 27% and symmetrical in 4%. Disparity developed before 35 weeks when both twins had ROP. Two stage differences occurred in 84%. Both were statistically significant (p<0.05). Spontaneous regression occurred after 35 weeks and majority regressed by 40 weeks. Laser treatment was required in 36%. Risk factors were most commonly respiratory distress, patent ductus arteriosus, apnoea, variation of birth weight and gestational age. Conclusion: Smaller gestational age is a good predictor of variability in progression of vascularization and along with birth weight and weight gain contributes to asymmetry. Respiratory distress has the highest risk. It is important to screen and follow up all twins irrespective of initial examination status and normal appearing retina in one twin, as transition from one stage to another can occur. Early detection with timely treatment will prevent irreversible visual loss.

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Results of Screening in Schools for Visually Impaired Children

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness in Somalia: Why is Trauma the Most Common Cause?

Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness in Somalia: Why is Trauma the Most Common Cause?

Ocular and Cerebral Causes and A New Scoring System to Evaluate Visual Function in Young Children with Visual Impairment

Recognition and Prevention of Visual Loss Due to Retinopathy of Prematurity in High Risk Twin Infant Pairs: A Case Series with a Multi-specialty Approach

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