Zusammenfassung
Aus einer repräsentativen Stichprobe des kinderophthalmologischen Patientenguts eines
Zwölfjahreszeitraums werden die Überweisungsdiagnosen und Untersuchungsanlässe, sowie
die vorkommenden Krankheitsbilder selbst analysiert. Wichtige Untersuchungsanlässe
waren Augenerkrankungen im engeren Sinne, an der Spitze Strabismus und Refraktionsfehler,
sowie zahlreiche kinderärztliche, insbesondere neuropädiatrische Allgemeinerkrankungen.
Im kinderophthalmologischen Krankengut überwogen zwar die erworbenen Augen- und Allgemeinkrankheiten
die angeborenen Augen- und Allgemeinkrankheiten, dennoch stellen letztere eine große
Gruppe dar. Auffällig ist weiterhin der hohe Anteil von verletzungsbedingten Augenkrankheiten.
Summary
A representative sample of 800 patients was taken from 15000 children treated between
1972 and 1984 in the Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology of Frankfurt University
Eye Hospital. Their charts were reviewed to answer two questions: what are the most
frequent reasons for ophthalmological examination in children under 15 years old and
what are the most frequent diagnoses? Ophthalmological examinations were most frequently
scheduled because of strabismus, errors of refraction and trauma or inflammination
of the anterior segment, though also in a large number of cases because of general
diseases, most often neurologic diseases such as epilepsy or elevated intracerebral
pressure. The diseases diagnosed ophthalmologically were classified as congenital
or acquired eye diseases and congenital or acquired general diseases with ocular symptoms.
The most frequent are indicated in the text. Acquired diseases were more frequent
than congenital diseases, though this group proved to be much larger in pediatric
patients than in adult patients.
