AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS …（美国儿科学会u2026）.pdfVIP

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine and Section on Ophthalmology AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ORTHOPTISTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY POLICY STATEMENT Organizational Principles to Guide and Define the Child Health Care System and/or Improve the Health of All Children Eye Examination in Infants, Children, and Young Adults by Pediatricians ABSTRACT. Early detection and prompt treatment of be age-appropriate evaluations as described in sub- ocular disorders in children is important to avoid life- sequent sections. Infants and children at high risk of long visual impairment. Examination of the eyes should eye problems should be referred for specialized eye be performed beginning in the newborn period and at all examination by an ophthalmologist experienced in well-child visits. Newborns should be examined for oc- treating children. This includes children who are ular structural abnormalities, such as cataract, corneal very premature; those with family histories of con- opacity, and ptosis, which are known to result in visual problems. Vision assessment beginning at birth has been genital cataracts, retinoblastoma, and metabolic or endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the genetic diseases; those who have significant devel- American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and opmental delay or neurologic difficulties; and those Strabismus, and the American Academy of Ophthalmol- with systemic disease associated with eye abnor- ogy. All children who are foun