ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine visual impairment due to optic pathway tumors in children unable to perform recognition acuity tests. Methods: Grating visual acuity scores, in logMAR, were obtained by sweep visually evoked potentials (SVEP) in children with optic pathway tumors. The binocular grating visual acuity deficit was calculated by comparison with age-based norms and then assigned to categories of visual...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine the vision status, ophthalmic findings, and quality of life among the very elderly. Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study of individuals aged 80 years and above. A comprehensive ophthalmic exam was performed with mea surement of both the presenting (PVA) and best-corrected visual acuity. The Quality of Life Short Form-36 (SF-36) and the Visual Function Questionna...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To analyze the clinical features, visual acuity, and full-field electroretinogram (ERG) findings of 15 patients with the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) phenotype and to establish the role of ERG testing in NCL diagnosis. Methods: The medical records of five patients with infantile NCL, five with Jansky-Bielschowsky disease, and five with juvenile NCL who underwent full-field ERG testing ...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate visual acuity and transient pattern reversal (PR) visual evoked potentials (VEPs) in the fellow eyes of children with strabismic and/or anisometropic amblyopia. Methods: Children diagnosed with strabismic and/or anisometropic amblyopia were recruited for electrophysiological assessment by VEPs. Monocular grating and optotype acuity were measured using sweep-VEPs and an Early Treatm...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To investigate the contributions of transient pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials in the diagnosis of ocular malingering at a Brazilian university hospital. Methods: Adult patients with suspected malingering in one or both eyes were referred for visual evoked potential testing. Data from patients' medical records were reviewed and analyzed retrospectively. Data analysis included the dist...
ABSTRACT Purpose: Alternative recording methods have been tested to allow the electroretinogram (ERG) recording in uncooperative patients and/or patients with palpebral alterations, including recordings with skin electrodes. The purpose of this study was to compare ERG recorded with skin electrodes and well-established microfiber electrodes and to determine normative values of ERG parameters for recording with ...
Objetivo: Determinar valores para o eletrorretinograma por padrões (PERG) em voluntários adultos saudáveis seguindo o protocolo padrão recomendado pela International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision-ISCEV. Métodos: Os participantes foram 30 voluntários saudáveis (15 homens), com idade variando de 18 a 61 anos (média= 30,8 ± 8,7 anos, mediana= 29,6 anos). Os critérios de inclusão foram: acuidade ...
OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a função macular por eletrorretinografia focal e angiofluoresceinografia em pacientes com degeneração macular relacionada à idade neovascular submetidos à terapia fotodinâmica com verteporfina. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo incluindo 22 pacientes (12 homens) com degeneração macular relacionada à idade e lesão neovascular coroídea subfoveal predominantemente clássica, não consecutivos, tratados ...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar os serviços de assistência ocular do ponto de vista do usuário em população de baixa renda, na zona leste da cidade de São Paulo - Brasil. MÉTODOS: Estudo realizado por meio de inquérito domiciliar em uma amostra por conglomerados em três distritos de baixa renda da cidade de São Paulo - Brasil. No período de julho/2004 a janeiro/2005 foram realizadas 1.055 entrevistas com um representante do ...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a qualidade de vida relacionada à visão em crianças com catarata congênita bilateral, utilizando o Questionário de Função Visual Infantil (QFVI). MÉTODOS: O QFVI possui duas diferentes apresentações: crianças menores e maiores de 3 anos, sendo dividido em seis domínios: saúde geral, saúde geral da visão, competência, personalidade, impacto familiar e tratamento. O QFVI foi aplicado aos pais/cu...