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Anales de la Sociedad Mexicana de Oftalmología y Archivos de la Asociación Para Evitar la Ceguera en México

2003, Number 3

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Rev Mex Oftalmol 2003; 77 (3)

Determinación del estado refractivo en niños sanos, en el Hospital General de México

Ramírez-Sánchez EV, Arroyo-Yllanes ME, Magaña-García M

Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 120-123
PDF size: 24.41 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Purpose: The present work has the specific purpose to establish the frequency of any refractive error in healthy children from 6 to 12 years from the Hospital General de México.
Methods: Patients of the dermatology department were included, there age ranged between 6 and 12 years. Subjects with optical correction or any anatomical damage were excluded. All the study subjects underwent a complete ophthalmological examination with a refractive study with 1% cyclopentolate. Parameters like sex, age, type of refractive error and magnitude were measured.
Results: A total of 200 subjects were included. Emetropia was found in 20.5%, myopia in 8%, hyperopia in 22.5% and astigmatism in 53% of the studied population.
Conclusion: We can conclude that the refractive errors are common and frequently underdiagnosed in children unless severe sintomatology is present and possibly influenced by racial factors.


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