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Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus—A Narrative Review of Clinicians’ Perspectives
This review discusses the current practices, attitudes, and trends in diagnosing and managing keratoconus (KC) in adults and children by optometrists and ophthalmologists in order to highlight the differences on a global scale. Two independent reviewers searched the electronic databases and grey lit...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9777227/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553416 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9121973 |
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author | Song, Minji Chen, Tanya Moktar, Adam Chan, Elsie Chong, Elaine W Daniell, Mark Sahebjada, Srujana |
author_facet | Song, Minji Chen, Tanya Moktar, Adam Chan, Elsie Chong, Elaine W Daniell, Mark Sahebjada, Srujana |
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description | This review discusses the current practices, attitudes, and trends in diagnosing and managing keratoconus (KC) in adults and children by optometrists and ophthalmologists in order to highlight the differences on a global scale. Two independent reviewers searched the electronic databases and grey literature for all potential articles published from 1 January 2000 to 1 June 2022 on management of KC. Keywords used in searches included “keratoconus”, “diagnosis”, “management”, “treatment”, “attitude”, “practices”, “opinion”, “optometrist”, “ophthalmologist”, “consensus”, and “protocol”. A total of 19 articles was included in this review—12 from the database search and seven from the grey literature. Although a common stepwise approach of non-surgical management was noted, there were differences in the rates of prescribing rigid gas permeable lenses. Furthermore, while clinicians agreed on the need for early diagnosis, the timeline and type of referral varied significantly. A similar discordance was found in the milestones for surgical intervention and preferred surgical techniques. Practice patterns in keratoconus diagnosis and management vary throughout the world. Multiple recommendations and suggestions to minimise the differences have been provided in the literature, with the main themes being improvement in education, interdisciplinary patient care, and further research to reach consensus. |
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spelling | pubmed-97772272022-12-23 Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus—A Narrative Review of Clinicians’ Perspectives Song, Minji Chen, Tanya Moktar, Adam Chan, Elsie Chong, Elaine W Daniell, Mark Sahebjada, Srujana Children (Basel) Review This review discusses the current practices, attitudes, and trends in diagnosing and managing keratoconus (KC) in adults and children by optometrists and ophthalmologists in order to highlight the differences on a global scale. Two independent reviewers searched the electronic databases and grey literature for all potential articles published from 1 January 2000 to 1 June 2022 on management of KC. Keywords used in searches included “keratoconus”, “diagnosis”, “management”, “treatment”, “attitude”, “practices”, “opinion”, “optometrist”, “ophthalmologist”, “consensus”, and “protocol”. A total of 19 articles was included in this review—12 from the database search and seven from the grey literature. Although a common stepwise approach of non-surgical management was noted, there were differences in the rates of prescribing rigid gas permeable lenses. Furthermore, while clinicians agreed on the need for early diagnosis, the timeline and type of referral varied significantly. A similar discordance was found in the milestones for surgical intervention and preferred surgical techniques. Practice patterns in keratoconus diagnosis and management vary throughout the world. Multiple recommendations and suggestions to minimise the differences have been provided in the literature, with the main themes being improvement in education, interdisciplinary patient care, and further research to reach consensus. MDPI 2022-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9777227/ /pubmed/36553416 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9121973 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Song, Minji Chen, Tanya Moktar, Adam Chan, Elsie Chong, Elaine W Daniell, Mark Sahebjada, Srujana Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus—A Narrative Review of Clinicians’ Perspectives |
title | Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus—A Narrative Review of Clinicians’ Perspectives |
title_full | Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus—A Narrative Review of Clinicians’ Perspectives |
title_fullStr | Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus—A Narrative Review of Clinicians’ Perspectives |
title_full_unstemmed | Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus—A Narrative Review of Clinicians’ Perspectives |
title_short | Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus—A Narrative Review of Clinicians’ Perspectives |
title_sort | diagnosis and management of keratoconus—a narrative review of clinicians’ perspectives |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9777227/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553416 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9121973 |
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