Abstract
Purpose: To assess the pattern of common eye diseases in pediatric populationof Bahawalpur.Material and Methods: Total 1000 children coming to outpatient Department ofOphthalmology, Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur over a period of twomonths from 1st June 2014 to 31st July 2014, with age ≤ 16 years were includedin this study.Results: Mean age of the patients was 9.51 ± 4.8 years. Out of 1000 patients483 (48.3%) patients were males and 517 (51.7%) patients were females. Mostof the patients 455 (45.5%) belonged to age group 9-12 years. Most commondisorder was refractive errors 322 (32.2%) followed by congenital cataract 231(23.1%), VKC 219 (21.9%) and squint 124 (12.4%).Conclusion: Male and female children were almost equally affected with oculardisorder and refractive error was the most common disorder in this study.Key Words: Ophthalmology, consanguineous marriages, congenital, childhoodblindness, refractive errors.
Soufia Farrukh, Muhammad Abidl Atif, Ahmad Hussain Klasra, Munawer Ali. (2015) Pattern of Pediatric Eye Diseases, Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 31, Issue 3.
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