Guidelines for preventing and slowing myopia progression in Brazilian children.

This document on myopia control is derived from a compilation of medical literature and the collective clinical expertise of an expert committee comprising members from the Brazilian Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and the Brazilian Society of Contact Lenses and Cornea. To manage myopia in children, the committee recommends corneal topography and biannual visits with cycloplegic refraction, along with annual optical biometry. For fast-progressing myopia, biannual biometry should be considered.

Brazilian guideline for pediatric cycloplegia and mydriasis.

Cycloplegia is crucial for reliable pediatric ophthalmology examinations. This document provides a re-commendation for pediatric cycloplegia and mydriasis for Brazilian ophthalmologists. This article was developed based on literature reviews; the clinical experience of Brazilian specialists, as obtained through questionnaires; and the consensus of the Expert Committee of the Brazilian Pediatric Ophthalmology Society.

Brazilian guidelines for the monitoring and treatment of pediatric allergic conjunctivitis.

Allergic conjunctivitis is an increasingly frequent condition with a higher prevalence in children. It can be debilitating and is responsible for a great economic burden. These guidelines were developed on the basis of the medical literature (PubMed/Medline database) and the experience of an Expert Committee composed of members of the Brazilian Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology, the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology, the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics, and the Brazilian Association of Allergy and Immunology.

Brazilian guidelines on the frequency of ophthalmic assessment and recommended examinations in healthy children younger than 5 years.

Purpose: To provide guidance on the frequency and components of eye examinations for healthy children aged 0 to 5 years.

Methods: These guidelines were developed based on the medical literature and clinical experience of an expert committee. PubMed/Medline searches were performed, with selected publications not restricted to systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, or observational studies.

[Reoperation in congenital and essential acquired non acomodative esotropia].

Purpose: To analyze the results in patients reoperated from congenital and essential esotropia.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of 393 patients who underwent surgery from 2000-2004 was performed. Subjects were divided into two groups: Congenital esotropia (91 patients) and essential esotropia (302 cases).

Amblyopia after unilateral infantile cataract extraction after six weeks of age.

Purpose: To determine interocular grating acuity difference in children treated for unilateral infantile cataract.

Methods: A group of 27 children previously treated for unilateral infantile cataract, had their monocular visual acuity measured by sweep visual evoked potentials. Interocular grating acuity difference was calculated as the absolute subtraction of monocular acuity scores.

Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in low-middle income school children in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Purpose: Assess prevalence and causes of vision impairment among low-middle income school children in São Paulo.

Methods: Cluster sampling was used to obtain a random sample of children ages 11 to 14 years from public schools (grades 5-8) in three districts from June to November 2005. The examination included visual acuity testing, ocular motility, and examination of the external eye, anterior segment, and media.

Age norms for monocular grating acuity measured by sweep-VEP in the first three years of age.

Purpose: To determine age norms for grating visual acuity and interocular acuity differences measured by the sweep-visually evoked potentials (VEP) technique in the first three years of life.

Methods: Monocular grating visual acuity was measured using the sweep-VEP in 67 healthy normal infants and children in the first 36 months of life.

Results: Sweep-VEP grating acuity ranged from 0.

Treatment outcomes in VI nerve palsy corrected by Carlson & Jampolsky technique.

Purpose: To study the results of Carlson & Jampolsky technique in 31 patients with VI nerve palsy.

Methods: We had 23 unilateral and 8 bilateral cases. The mean unilateral preoperative esotropia was 56.

[Surgical correction of progressive high myopic esotropia by Yamada's technique: report of two cases].

"Progressive esotropia fixus" is a disease present in high myopic patients with a large angle esotropia associated with hypotropia with poor surgical results. This paper has the purpose to describe Yamada's surgical technique (hemitranspositions of the superior rectus and lateral rectus) applied to 2 patients with good surgical results.