Screening for Vision Problems in Pediatric Practice

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Practicing pediatricians perform a variety of screening tests on preschool children. The utility of some routine screening procedures (eg, urinalysis and hematocrit) is debatable. There is little dispute, however, about the benefit of screening for vision problems in preschool children. As reviewed and emphasized by Dr Magramm in this issue of Pediatrics in Review,1 only careful physical examination and screening of children younger than age 6 can detect and prevent amblyopia, a common cause of permanent vision loss. The United States Preventive Services Task Force recently applied a set of stringent review criteria to the entire spectrum of clinical preventive services for children and adults.

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