Comparison of atropine and tropicamide in esotropia.
Forty-one patients with esodeviation (82 eyes) were subjected first to 1% tropicamide and retinoscopy and then to retinoscopy after the use of 0.5% to 1% atropine sulfate in children with esodeviation up to the age of 5 years. The ages ranged from 2 months to 5 years, and the esodeviation ranged from 5 to 50 diopters (D). There were 20 male and 21 female patients. The average difference in the cycloplegia showed +.80 D more hyperopia with atropine than with tropicamide therapy. This was believed to be important, particularly in the young age group with esodeviation.
D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004948:Esotropia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011680:Pupil / Q000187:drug effects*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D013285:Strabismus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014331:Tropicamide / Q000494:pharmacology*
D011725:Pyridines; D001285:Atropine; D014331:Tropicamide