title: [Diabetic eye in children].
abstract: Diabetes mellitus is a new morbidity in children and adolescents. For pediatric patients, it announces the earlier onset of cardiovascular disease, retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy, with the risk of impaired quality of life and premature death. The emergence of diabetes mellitus in young people is believed to be associated with changes in the level of physical activity and nutrition that are ubiquitous in modern society. The authors present a prospective study of 26 children with diabetes mellitus. The average age was 9.1 +/- 2.8 for boys and 12.6 +/- 3.7 for girls. The ophthalmologic disorders founded were: lens modifications in 7.7%, refractive errors in 34.6% and diabetic retinopathy in 11.5%. The study estimated the necessity of ophthalmologic screening for children with diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie "Gr.T. Popa" Iaşi, Facultatea de Medicină, Clinica I Oftalmologie.
authors.forename: Camelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bogdănici
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olteanu
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gucal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000209:etiology; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution