作者
Han Woong Lim, Suzann Pershing, Darius M Moshfeghi, Hwan Heo, Md Enamul Haque, Scott R Lambert, Leslie Hyman, Julia A Haller, Aaron Y Lee, Cecilia S Lee, Flora Lum, Joan W Miller, Alice Lorch
发表日期
2023/9/1
期刊
Ophthalmology
卷号
130
期号
9
页码范围
907-913
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Purpose
To investigate causes of childhood blindness in the United States using the IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight).
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Participants
Patients ≤ 18 years of age with visual acuity (VA) 20/200 or worse in their better-seeing eye in the IRIS Registry during 2018.
Methods
Causes of blindness were classified by anatomic site and specific diagnoses.
Main Outcome Measures
Percentages of causes of blindness.
Results
Of 81 164 children with 2018 VA data in the IRIS Registry, 961 (1.18%) had VA 20/200 or worse in their better-seeing eye. Leading causes of blindness were retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in 301 patients (31.3%), nystagmus in 78 patients (8.1%), and cataract in 64 patients (6.7%). The retina was the leading anatomic site (47.7%) followed by optic nerve (11.6%) and lens (10.0%). A total of 52.4% of patients had treatable causes of blindness.
Conclusions
This analysis …
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