As-indicated versus routine vision screening of preterm children: a 17-year retrospective regional study.

Purpose: To investigate outcomes of routine vision screening compared to as-indicated ophthalmological investigation of all children born preterm in a Danish region from 1997 to 2014.

Methods: All children born preterm (gestation age < 32 weeks or birthweight < 1500 g) screened for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) were divided into two groups. From 1997 to 2009, only children treated for ROP or referred for visual problems received ophthalmological investigation (as-indicated group).

Sensitivity and specificity of school nurse screening for hypermetropia and convergence insufficiency exophoria in primary schoolchildren in Denmark.

Background: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of school nurse screening for hypermetropia and convergence insufficiency exophoria (CIE) in schoolchildren.

Methods: Near point of convergence and distance visual acuity with +2.00D lenses were measured in 2097 children (6-15 years) during standard school nurse screening in the municipality of Randers, Denmark.

Laser pointer maculopathy - on the rise?

Purpose: To report symptoms and ocular pathology in 13 patients exposed to light from laser pointers.

Methods: We conducted a multi-centre consecutive case series from eight ophthalmology departments.

Results: Eleven boys aged 9-15 years and two girls aged 7 (sister of one of the aforementioned boys) and 12 years, respectively, were included.

Congenital Bilateral Retinal Detachment in Two Siblings with Osteoporosis-Pseudoglioma Syndrome.

The birth of a bilaterally blind child is catastrophic for families and a challenging diagnostic and management problem for ophthalmologists. Early identification of the underlying cause and its genetic basis helps initiate possible treatment, delineate prognosis, and identify risks for future pregnancies. In some cases, an early diagnosis can also influence the treatment of other family members.

Blue cone monochromatism in a female due to skewed X-inactivation.

Blue cone monochromatism (BCM) is a rare cone dystrophy with recessive X-linked inheritance and therefore diagnosed in males whereas females are clinically unaffected. We present a female with clinically manifested BCM. The diagnosis was genetically verified with the identification of one single red-green OPN1LW/MW hybrid gene harboring a point mutation c.

Visual abilities of students with severe developmental delay in special needs education - a vision screening project in Northern Jutland, Denmark.

Purpose: To investigate the visual abilities of students with severe developmental delay (DD) age 6-8 starting in special needs education.

Methods: Between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2008, we screened all students with severe DD starting in special needs schools in Northern Jutland, Denmark for vision. All students with visual acuities ≤6/12 were refractioned and examined by an ophthalmologist.

Diabetes, glycemic control and risk of medical glaucoma treatment: A population-based case-control study.

Purpose: To examine the association between diabetes and risk of medical glaucoma treatment and to assess the role of long-term glycemic control in the putative association.

Design: Population-based case-control study.

Methods: Cases of treated glaucoma were all persons filling at least three prescriptions for glaucoma medication for the first time within one year between 2001 and 2006 in Northern Jutland, Denmark.