title: [Cycloplegia with cyclopentolate for testing-refraction of children (author's transl)].
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular / Q000187:drug effects; D000367:Age Factors; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003519:Cyclopentolate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009184:Mydriatics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010648:Phenylacetates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014326:Tropanes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009184:Mydriatics; D010648:Phenylacetates; D014326:Tropanes; D001285:Atropine; D003519:Cyclopentolate
vernacular_title: Zykloplegie mit Cyclopentolat bei Refraktionsbestimmungen im Kindesalter.