Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the periodic eye examination in children aged 0-5 years in Canada.

Background: As eye disease before age 5 years is common, some form of vision screening should be performed on children before attending primary school. However, the lack of consistent national recommendations creates confusion for patients, eye care professionals, and governments alike.

Methods: The objective of this document is to provide guidance on the recommended timing, intervals, and types of ocular assessments for healthy children aged 0-5 years.

Guide de pratique clinique fondé sur des données probantes pour l'examen périodique de la vue chez les enfants de 0 à 5 ans au Canada.

Contexte: Étant donné que les maladies oculaires avant l'âge de 5 ans sont courantes, une certaine forme de dépistage des troubles de la vision devrait être effectuée chez les enfants avant qu'ils ne fréquentent l'école primaire. Cependant, l'absence de recommandations nationales cohérentes crée de la confusion chez les patients, les professionnels des soins oculovisuels et les gouvernements. MéTHODES: L'objectif de ce document est de fournir des recommandations quant aux types d'examens oculaires à pratiquer chez les enfants en bonne santé de 0 à 5 ans ainsi que sur le moment et la périodicité de tels examens.

Prenatal versus Postnatal Screening for Familial Retinoblastoma.

Purpose: To compare overall outcomes of conventional postnatal screening of familial retinoblastoma and prenatal RB1 mutation identification followed by planned early-term delivery.

Design: Retrospective, observational study.

Participants: Twenty children with familial retinoblastoma born between 1996 and 2014 and examined within 1 week of birth.

Ophthalmic complications of otitis media in children.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcome of ophthalmic complications in children with otitis media.

Methods: The records of children with ophthalmic complications arising from otitis media who presented to the British Columbia Children's Hospital between August 2006 and March 2008 were reviewed retrospectively.

Results: Of 1,400 patients presenting to the emergency department for otitis media during the study period, 7 with ophthalmic complications were identified (age range, 1-11 years).

The effect of changing oxygen saturation protocols on the incidence of laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity.

Objective: To compare the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) requiring laser treatment among infants with birth weights of ≤ 1250 g before and after the implementation of a new oxygen saturation protocol in the neonatal intensive care unit of British Columbia Children's Hospital.

Design: Retrospective, comparative review of medical records.

Participants: Premature infants with birth weights of ≤ 1250 g who were screened for retinopathy of prematurity from November 2003 to October 2005 and February 2006 to January 2008 (269 patients).

Vitrectomy for dense vitreous hemorrhage in infancy.

Purpose: To report clinical data, including etiology and visual outcome, in newborns requiring vitrectomy for dense vitreous hemorrhage.

Methods: In this retrospective case series, we surveyed subscribers to the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus ListServe regarding patients under their care.

Results: A total of 28 eyes of 21 patients were included.