[The impact of district nurses in screening visual impairments].

Introduction: The children's physical and mental health is determinative for the whole society. Parents, teachers, district nurses, and doctors share the duty to ensure their uninterrupted visual development. District nurses compose key elements in connecting families and health care providers, since they have the chance to detect any visual anomalies, and to refer the children to a pediatrician, ophthalmologist, or a neurologist.

[Application of corticosteroid eye drops for allergic eye diseases in children].

The prevalence of allergic diseases has been increasing recently. Allergy has various symptoms. Allergic eye diseases (seasonal and perennial allergic conjunctivitis, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, atopic keratoconjunctivitis, giant papillary conjunctivitis, contact blepharoconjunctivitis) are common in atopic patients.

The Effect of Axial Length on the Thickness of Intraretinal Layers of the Macula.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of axial length (AL) on the thickness of intraretinal layers in the macula using optical coherence tomography (OCT) image analysis.

Methods: Fifty three randomly selected eyes of 53 healthy subjects were recruited for this study. The median age of the participants was 29 years (range: 6 to 67 years).

A morphological study of retinal changes in unilateral amblyopia using optical coherence tomography image segmentation.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possible structural changes of the macula in patients with unilateral amblyopia using optical coherence tomography (OCT) image segmentation.

Patients And Methods: 38 consecutive patients (16 male; mean age 32.4±17.

Effect of diet and physical exercise treatment on insulin resistance syndrome of schoolchildren.

Background: Insulin resistance syndrome (IRS) of schoolchildren may contribute to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) of young adults. The investigation of different steps, baseline screening parameters and treatment of IRS may help the prevention.

Methods: Schoolchildren (53 boys and 61 girls age 5-17 years) because of adverse family history of CVD, hypertension, and obesity were investigated.

A comparison of macular structure imaged by optical coherence tomography in preterm and full-term children.

Purpose: Macular anatomic abnormalities were examined by optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging in premature children and compared with those of full-term children.

Methods: In a prospective case-control study, premature patients 7 to 14 years of age were divided into three groups (group I, laser-treated retinopathy of prematurity [ROP]; group II, spontaneously regressed ROP; group III, no ROP), and age-matched children (group IV). All the eligible 74 eyes had normal-appearing posterior pole, myopia < or =3 D, and best corrected visual acuity 1.