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dc.contributor.author | Kessara Pathanapitoon | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Somsanguan Ausayakhun | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Paradee Kunavisarut | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sopa Wattananikorn | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sakarin Ausayakhun | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Thidarat Leeungurastien | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Rapeeporn Yodprom | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Duanpen Narongjunchai | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Aniki Rothova | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-10T04:08:13Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-10T04:08:13Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007-06-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0275004X | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 2-s2.0-34250204526 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1097/01.iae.0000249575.38830.45 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=34250204526&origin=inward | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/61297 | - |
dc.description.abstract | PURPOSE: To determine the causes of blindness and low vision in patients consulting a tertiary ophthalmologic center in northern Thailand. METHODS: The study population included 2,951 new consecutive patients from the Department of Ophthalmology at University Hospital in Chiang-Mai, Thailand. Main outcome measures were blindness and low vision, which were defined according to World Health Organization criteria. RESULTS: Of 2,951 patients, 369 (12.5%) had blindness and/or low vision (bilateral blindness in 73, unilateral blindness in 129, bilateral low vision in 77, and unilateral low vision in 90). Of the etiological causes of visual loss, age-related ocular disease was the most frequent (128 patients [35%]) followed by infections (66 patients [18%]) and trauma (43 patients [12%]). Although infections and trauma were the predominant causes of blindness, age-related disorders were frequently found in patients with low vision. Of anatomical sites, the lens (134 patients [36%]) was the main location of visual loss, closely followed by disorders of the retina and/or uvea (126 patients [34%]). Blindness and low vision were considered avoidable in 70% of cases. Of 73 patients with bilateral blindness, 14 had active cytomegalovirus retinitis, accounting for 19% of all patients with bilateral blindness. CONCLUSION: The most common causes of blindness and low vision in a tertiary center in northern Thailand were age-related ocular disorders and infections, which were predominantly cases of cytomegalovirus retinitis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. © The Ophthalmic Communications Society, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject | Medicine | en_US |
dc.title | Blindness and low vision in a tertiary ophthalmologic center in Thailand: The importance of cytomegalovirus retinitis | en_US |
dc.type | Journal | en_US |
article.title.sourcetitle | Retina | en_US |
article.volume | 27 | en_US |
article.stream.affiliations | Chiang Mai University | en_US |
article.stream.affiliations | University Medical Center Utrecht | en_US |
article.stream.affiliations | Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University | en_US |
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