title: The eye examination in the pediatrician's office.
abstract: The visual system of children must be routinely examined by the pediatrician. Speed, skill and diagnostic abilities will increase quickly as the examination techniques described here are practiced on a daily basis. When parents recognize that the pediatrician is also concerned about their child's visual health and development, they will play a more active role in obtaining crucial family ocular history, note ocular changes that otherwise may be ignored, and, if indicated, participate in the referral and treatment process to avoid life-long visual consequences.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1855 W. Taylor, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. suburbaneyes@aol.com
authors.forename: Kimberlee M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Curnyn
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D010808:Physical Examination; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014787:Vision Tests