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- Title
Comparison of a Cellphone-Based Fundoscope with Traditional Handheld Direct Fundoscope for Checking Red Reflex in Neonates.
- Authors
Omer, Muhammad Tauseef; Butt, Amna Rashid; Butt, Tayyaba Khawar; Siddiqui, Muhammad Asif; Bakht, Saba; Javaid, Sulman
- Abstract
Background: Traditional handheld fundoscopes are expensive instruments and require training and expertise for their use to check red reflex in neonates. Cellphone based fundoscopes may prove to be a cheaper alternative to check red reflex for screening of congenital cataracts in neonates. Objective: Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of a cellphone-based fundoscope OptiCard for screening of cataracts in neonates by checking pupillary red reflex. Methods: An instrument validation study was conducted in the Neonatology Department of Services Hospital st th Lahore for 3 months from 1 August to 30 October 2021 to assess the diagnostic accuracy of cellphone-based fundoscope OptiCard for screening of cataracts in neonates using Wilson Score. Results: Eyes of 110 neonates were examined for red reflex. Cellphone-based fundoscope OptiCard was found to have a sensitivity of 100% for diagnosing abnormal red reflex while its specificity was found to be 99.06% as compared to the traditional handheld direct fundoscope. Conclusion: Cellphone-based fundoscope OptiCard has good diagnostic accuracy for detecting abnormal red reflex and it allows the images of pupillary glow to be stored for a photo follow-up.
- Subjects
LAHORE (Pakistan); PUPILLARY reflex; NEWBORN infants; REFLEXES; MEDICAL screening; SERVICE departments
- Publication
Annals of King Edward Medical University, 2022, Vol 28, p354
- ISSN
2079-7192
- Publication type
Article