Paweł Nawrot, Anna Przekoracka-Krawczyk, Katarzyna Perz, Patrycja Rusiak, Ryszard Naskrecki
Laboratory of Vision Science and Optometry, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.
Klinika oczna 2012The aim of the study was to evaluate changes in ocular refraction after 1% tropicamide and its efficacy in diagnosing refractive errors in preschool children. 116 children (232 eyes) at the age of 5 to 6 years participated in the study. An objective examination of refraction using autorefractor before and after 1% tropicamide cycloplegia (2 x 1 drop of the agent instilled 5 min apart) was performed in the study. After the instillation of tropicamide, the spherical component of the refractive error significantly increased by +0.78 D, while the cylindrical component (i.e. its power and axis) remained unaltered. In examining the refractive error, the mean value of the spherical component in children at the age of 5 to 6 years amounted to +1.55 D, in the cylindrical component mean value was -0.51 D, and the axis was 102 degrees. 1% Tropicamide appears an effective cycloplegic agent in preschool children, excluding children with high hyperopia, anisometropia, or strabismus.
Paweł Nawrot, Anna Przekoracka-Krawczyk, Katarzyna Perz, Patrycja Rusiak, Ryszard Naskrecki. Change in ocular refraction after tropicamide cycloplegia in preschool children. Klinika oczna. 2012;114(4):278-81
PMID: 23461155
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