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[Cycloplegia with cyclopentolate for testing-refraction of children (author's transl)]. 1979

E Stangler-Zuschrott

A comparative study of the cycloplegic effect of 1% cyclopentolate and atropine or homatropine was done by means of Lindner's method of retinoscopy. In 53% of 1.5- to 6-year-old strabismic patients the hypermetropic refraction was higher (average 0.6 dpt) under the use of atropine, and in 27% of 6- to 11-year-old children cyclopentolate was more effective than homatropine (average 0.5 dpt). Therefore, atropine should be used for children with convergent squint up to 6 years, in order to get full correction of hypermetropia. In other cases cyclopentolate is preferable because of its rapid and strong efficiency of brief duration.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D009184	Mydriatics	Agents that dilate the pupil. They may be either sympathomimetics or parasympatholytics.	Cycloplegic,Cycloplegics,Mydriatic,Mydriatic Effect,Mydriatic Effects,Effect, Mydriatic,Effects, Mydriatic
D010648	Phenylacetates	Derivatives of phenylacetic acid. Included under this heading are a variety of acid forms, salts, esters, and amides that contain the benzeneacetic acid structure. Note that this class of compounds should not be confused with derivatives of phenyl acetate, which contain the PHENOL ester of ACETIC ACID.	Benzeneacetates,Benzeneacetic Acids,Phenylacetic Acids,Acids, Benzeneacetic,Acids, Phenylacetic
D012030	Refractive Errors	Deviations from the average or standard indices of refraction of the eye through its dioptric or refractive apparatus.	Ametropia,Refractive Disorders,Ametropias,Disorder, Refractive,Disorders, Refractive,Error, Refractive,Errors, Refractive,Refractive Disorder,Refractive Error
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003519	Cyclopentolate	A parasympatholytic anticholinergic used solely to obtain mydriasis or cycloplegia.	Cyclogyl
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000065	Accommodation, Ocular	The dioptric adjustment of the EYE (to attain maximal sharpness of retinal imagery for an object of regard) referring to the ability, to the mechanism, or to the process. Ocular accommodation is the effecting of refractive changes by changes in the shape of the CRYSTALLINE LENS. Loosely, it refers to ocular adjustments for VISION, OCULAR at various distances. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)	Accommodation, Lens,Ocular Accommodation,Ocular Distance Accommodation,Accommodation, Ocular Distance,Distance Accommodation, Ocular,Lens Accommodation,Ocular Distance Accommodations
D000367	Age Factors	Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.	Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age