Journal article
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of 600 Children With Nystagmus
Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, Vol.60(6), pp.406-410
11/01/2023
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20221026-02
PMID: 36546778
Abstract
Purpose:To characterize a large, international cohort of children with nystagmus. Methods: Data were collected from a single-center, prospectively developed database on patients with nystagmus. Outcome variables for this study included: (1) demographic characteristics, (2) nystagmus type, (3) clinical characteristics, (4) associated ophthalmic con-ditions, (5) associated non-ophthalmic conditions, (6) special testing findings, and (7) treatments. Results: Six hundred patients from 38 states and 30 countries were included. Age ranged from birth to younger than 18 years (mean: 15.2 years), 58% were female, 55% were race other than White, 75% had in-fantile nystagmus syndrome, 17% had neurologically significant nystagmus, 7% had fusion maldevelopment nystagmus syndrome, 64% had strabismus, 56% had an anomalous head posture, 94% had a significant refrac-tive error, 64% had an associated ophthalmic abnormal-ity (excluding ametropia), and 45% had an associated systemic condition. Special testing showed abnormali-ties in 67% and 95% had treatment directed at their nystagmus. Conclusions: The most common diagnosis in this co-hort is neurologically non-significant infantile nystag-mus syndrome. Eye movement recordings provide a path toward accurate diagnosis and classification. There was a high prevalence of underlying ocular and/or sys-temic conditions requiring ophthalmic special testing as part of a diagnostic routine. Clinical treatments are available to most patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of 600 Children With Nystagmus
- Creators
- Richard W. Hertle - The Ohio State UniversityFerhat Evliyaoglu - Nemours Childrens Hosp, Dept Ophthalmol, Orlando, FL 32806 USABayley McRitchie - The Ohio State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, Vol.60(6), pp.406-410
- DOI
- 10.3928/01913913-20221026-02
- PMID
- 36546778
- NLM abbreviation
- J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus
- ISSN
- 0191-3913
- eISSN
- 1938-2405
- Publisher
- Slack Inc
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2023
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984845395902771
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