Læknablaðið

Ukioqatigiit

Læknablaðið - 01.09.1979, Qupperneq 19

Læknablaðið - 01.09.1979, Qupperneq 19
LÆKNABLAÐIÐ 171 Rætt er um aðgerðir til að fyrirbyggja sjónskerðingu hjá börnum og erfðaráðgjöf fyrir foreldra með arfgenga sjúkdóma. SUMMARY In 1978, a study was made of legally blind (corrected visual acuity 6/60 or less) and partially seeing (CVA 6/18 to 6/60) children under 17 years of age in Iceland. A total of 46 children were found, of whome 19 were legally blind and 27 partially seeing. Of the 43 children under 15 years of age, 16 were legally blind and 27 partially seeing. For those under 15 years of age, the prevalence rates, expressed as the number per 100.000 children of similar age, 25,3 for legal blindness and 42,7 for partial sight. In all 46 children, the visual loss was attri- butable to heritable, congenital, or develop- mental defects. The most common cause of visual loss was optic nerve atrophy, which accounted for a third of the cases. Other causes are listed and discussed. No cases of aquired visual loss were found, which could explain the fact that the prevalence rates reported by us are lower than those reported in he United States. In addition to visual loss, other congeni- tcil birth defects were found in 24 of the children. CNS affection was found in 20 of the children, and of these, 15 were mentally retarted. Eight chlidren, 6—18 years of age, were enrolled at the School for the Blind, and of these 6 were legally blind. Other school age children were either in schools for the handi- capped or in schools with normal children. Various methods of preventing visual loss in children, including counselling of parents with heritable disorders, are discussed. HEIMILDIR 1. Baghdassarian, S.G., Tabbara, K.: Childhood blindness in Lebanon. Am. J. Ophthalmology May 1975. 2. Baldursson, G., Bjarnason, Ó., Halldórsson, S., Júlíusdóttir, E., Kjeld, M.: Maternal rubella in Iceland 1963—1964 . Scandinavian Audiology, March 1972. 3. Björnsson, G.: Blinda á Islandi. Læknablað- ið 38. árg. 5. tbl. 1954. 4. Cavender, C.J., Schwartz, L.J., Spivey, B.E.: Hereditary Macular Dystrophies Clinical Ophthalmology Vol. 3. 5. Geeraets, W.J.: Ocular Syndromes, Lea & Febiger 1969. 6. Hatfield, E.M.: Why are they blind? The Sight-Saving Review Vol. 45 No 1, 1975. 7. Hatfield, E.M.: Blindness in infants and young children. The Sight-Saving Review Vol. 42, No 2 1972. 8. Mannslátabók II. Skrifstofa landlæknis 1953. 9. Nadler, H.L.: Prenatal detection of genetic defects. Advances in Pediatrics 1976. 10. Sigurjónsson, J.: Rubella and congenital cataract blindness. The Medical Journal of Australia. April 21, 1962. 11. Sveinsson, K.: Blindir menn á Islandi. Heil- brigt lif, IV árg. 1—2 hefti 1944. 12. Vaugham, D., Asbury, T.: General Opht- halmology 8th ed. Lange 1977. Rúnar Sigfússon, verkfræðingur SAMRÆMD RAFTÆKNIÞJÓNUSTA FYRIR HEILBRIGÐISSTOFNANIR FRÁ SKRIFSTOFU LANDLÆKNIS Formáli. Síðastliðið sumar fór fram á vegum landlæknis lausleg könnun á rekstri raf- eindatækja á nokkrum heilbrigðisstofnun- um utan Reykjavíkur. Tilgangur könnun- ar var að fá mynd af tækjarekstri smærri stcfnana. Niðurstöður og umræður voru dregnar saman í stutta skýrslu til land- læknis.1 Þar kemur fram, að mörgu er tal- ið ábótavant í rekstrinum, en einna alvar- legast er, að kröfum um öryggi er ekki talið fullnægt. Átt er við kröfur um að tæki starfi rétt og af notkun þeirra stafi ekki bein hætta, hvorki sjúklingum né starfsliði. í heild gefur skýrslan tilefni til umræðu um stofnun samræmdrar raftækniþjónustu fyrir heilbrigðisstofnanir landsins. — Hér verður rætt um verksvið slíkrar þjónustu, þ. e. a. s. tæknilega ráðgiöf við kaup tækja, viðgerðarþjónustu, kerfisbundið eftirlit og kennslu starfsliðs í meðferð og notkun tækja. Einnig verður gerð grein fyrir þörf könnunar á tækjaeign heilbrigðisstofnana sem undanfara áætlanagerðar um stærð og skipulag áðurnefndrar tækniþjónustu.
Qupperneq 1
Qupperneq 2
Qupperneq 3
Qupperneq 4
Qupperneq 5
Qupperneq 6
Qupperneq 7
Qupperneq 8
Qupperneq 9
Qupperneq 10
Qupperneq 11
Qupperneq 12
Qupperneq 13
Qupperneq 14
Qupperneq 15
Qupperneq 16
Qupperneq 17
Qupperneq 18
Qupperneq 19
Qupperneq 20
Qupperneq 21
Qupperneq 22
Qupperneq 23
Qupperneq 24
Qupperneq 25
Qupperneq 26
Qupperneq 27
Qupperneq 28
Qupperneq 29
Qupperneq 30
Qupperneq 31
Qupperneq 32
Qupperneq 33
Qupperneq 34
Qupperneq 35
Qupperneq 36
Qupperneq 37
Qupperneq 38
Qupperneq 39
Qupperneq 40
Qupperneq 41
Qupperneq 42
Qupperneq 43
Qupperneq 44
Qupperneq 45
Qupperneq 46
Qupperneq 47
Qupperneq 48
Qupperneq 49
Qupperneq 50
Qupperneq 51
Qupperneq 52
Qupperneq 53
Qupperneq 54
Qupperneq 55
Qupperneq 56
Qupperneq 57
Qupperneq 58
Qupperneq 59
Qupperneq 60
Qupperneq 61
Qupperneq 62
Qupperneq 63
Qupperneq 64
Qupperneq 65
Qupperneq 66
Qupperneq 67
Qupperneq 68
Qupperneq 69
Qupperneq 70
Qupperneq 71
Qupperneq 72
Qupperneq 73
Qupperneq 74
Qupperneq 75
Qupperneq 76
Qupperneq 77
Qupperneq 78
Qupperneq 79
Qupperneq 80
Qupperneq 81
Qupperneq 82
Qupperneq 83
Qupperneq 84
Qupperneq 85
Qupperneq 86
Qupperneq 87
Qupperneq 88
Qupperneq 89
Qupperneq 90
Qupperneq 91
Qupperneq 92
Qupperneq 93
Qupperneq 94
Qupperneq 95
Qupperneq 96

x

Læknablaðið

Direct Links

Hvis du vil linke til denne avis/magasin, skal du bruge disse links:

Link til denne avis/magasin: Læknablaðið
https://timarit.is/publication/986

Link til dette eksemplar:

Link til denne side:

Link til denne artikel:

Venligst ikke link direkte til billeder eller PDfs på Timarit.is, da sådanne webadresser kan ændres uden advarsel. Brug venligst de angivne webadresser for at linke til sitet.