A hand-held vision screening device reliably detected amblyopia in a general pediatric population, according to research published in the Journal of AAPOS.
Shaival S. Shah, MD, told Healio/OSN that the study was designed to test the Pediatric Vision Scanner (PVS, REBIScan) in a real-world setting. The device uses a laser probe to detect reduced bifoveal fixation, an early sign of amblyopia, according to the study.
“Three hundred children aged 2 to 6 years with no known eye disorders were recruited during previously scheduled visits to two Kaiser Permanente Southern California pediatric