Don't Miss This! Red Flags in the Pediatric Eye Examination: Introduction and Essential Concepts. Issue 3 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Christiansen, Stephen P.
• Is Part Of: Journal of binocular vision and ocular motility. Volume 69:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 89
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Red flags -- pediatric -- eye examination -- harbinger -- diagnosis -- medical malpractice; Eye -- Movements -- Periodicals; Eye -- Movement disorders -- Periodicals; Binocular vision -- Periodicals; Binocular vision; Eye -- Movements; Vision, Binocular; Ocular Motility Disorders; Ophthalmology; Periodicals; Periodical; Electronic journals; 617.762
• DOI: 10.1080/2576117X.2019.1582290
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2576-117X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Although the pediatric eye examination can be made more challenging by inattention, poor cooperation, sleep, or just the wiggles, these should never be justification for an inadequate assessment of the child. In fact, a challenging patient should make the examiner ever more careful to get a good history and to look carefully for potential red flags that should be examined in greater detail. Missing a history of diplopia, or not noticing an abnormal pupil, or blurred disc margins, to name a few, may delay the diagnosis and treatment of potentially life-threatening entities. In this symposium, red flags in the pediatric eye examination will be reviewed in depth with emphasis on diagnosis, testing, and referral.