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Reduced vision

MedGen UID:
22663
•Concept ID:
C0042798
•
Disease or Syndrome; Finding
Synonyms: Diminished Vision; Low Vision; Reduced Vision; Subnormal Vision; Vision, Diminished; Vision, Low; Vision, Reduced; Vision, Subnormal
SNOMED CT: Dim vision (246635007); Darkened vision (246635007)

Definition

Reduced ability to perceive visual stimuli. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVReduced vision

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Central serous chorioretinopathy: An evidence-based treatment guideline.
Feenstra HMA, van Dijk EHC, Cheung CMG, Ohno-Matsui K, Lai TYY, Koizumi H, Larsen M, Querques G, Downes SM, Yzer S, Breazzano MP, Subhi Y, Tadayoni R, Priglinger SG, Pauleikhoff LJB, Lange CAK, Loewenstein A, Diederen RMH, Schlingemann RO, Hoyng CB, Chhablani JK, Holz FG, Sivaprasad S, Lotery AJ, Yannuzzi LA, Freund KB, Boon CJF
Prog Retin Eye Res 2024 Jul;101:101236. Epub 2024 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2024.101236. PMID: 38301969
Occupational Fall Risk Assessment Tool for older workers.
Osuka Y, Okubo Y, Nofuji Y, Maruo K, Fujiwara Y, Oka H, Shinkai S, Lord SR, Sasai H
Occup Med (Lond) 2023 Apr 26;73(3):161-166. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqad035. PMID: 36893360
Balance and mobility in geriatric patients : Assessment and treatment of neurological aspects.
Jahn K, Freiberger E, Eskofier BM, Bollheimer C, Klucken J
Z Gerontol Geriatr 2019 Jul;52(4):316-323. Epub 2019 Jun 3 doi: 10.1007/s00391-019-01561-z. PMID: 31161336

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Postsurgical Cystoid Macular Edema.
Zur D, Loewenstein A
Dev Ophthalmol 2017;58:178-190. Epub 2017 Mar 28 doi: 10.1159/000455280. PMID: 28351047
How to assess vision.
Marsden J
Nurs Stand 2016 Sep 21;31(4):42-5. doi: 10.7748/ns.2016.e10530. PMID: 27654560
Sympathetic ophthalmia.
Castiblanco CP, Adelman RA
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2009 Mar;247(3):289-302. Epub 2008 Sep 16 doi: 10.1007/s00417-008-0939-8. PMID: 18795315
Orbital carcinoid metastases.
Mehta JS, Abou-Rayyah Y, Rose GE
Ophthalmology 2006 Mar;113(3):466-72. Epub 2006 Feb 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.10.051. PMID: 16458966
Ptosis: causes, presentation, and management.
Finsterer J
Aesthetic Plast Surg 2003 May-Jun;27(3):193-204. Epub 2003 Aug 21 doi: 10.1007/s00266-003-0127-5. PMID: 12925861

Diagnosis

Central serous chorioretinopathy: An evidence-based treatment guideline.
Feenstra HMA, van Dijk EHC, Cheung CMG, Ohno-Matsui K, Lai TYY, Koizumi H, Larsen M, Querques G, Downes SM, Yzer S, Breazzano MP, Subhi Y, Tadayoni R, Priglinger SG, Pauleikhoff LJB, Lange CAK, Loewenstein A, Diederen RMH, Schlingemann RO, Hoyng CB, Chhablani JK, Holz FG, Sivaprasad S, Lotery AJ, Yannuzzi LA, Freund KB, Boon CJF
Prog Retin Eye Res 2024 Jul;101:101236. Epub 2024 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2024.101236. PMID: 38301969
Adenovirus and the Cornea: More Than Meets the Eye.
Rajaiya J, Saha A, Ismail AM, Zhou X, Su T, Chodosh J
Viruses 2021 Feb 13;13(2) doi: 10.3390/v13020293. PMID: 33668417Free PMC Article
Postsurgical Cystoid Macular Edema.
Zur D, Loewenstein A
Dev Ophthalmol 2017;58:178-190. Epub 2017 Mar 28 doi: 10.1159/000455280. PMID: 28351047
Techniques, indications and complications of corneal debridement.
McGrath LA, Lee GA
Surv Ophthalmol 2014 Jan-Feb;59(1):47-63. Epub 2013 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2013.03.004. PMID: 24239444
Ptosis: causes, presentation, and management.
Finsterer J
Aesthetic Plast Surg 2003 May-Jun;27(3):193-204. Epub 2003 Aug 21 doi: 10.1007/s00266-003-0127-5. PMID: 12925861

Therapy

Central serous chorioretinopathy: An evidence-based treatment guideline.
Feenstra HMA, van Dijk EHC, Cheung CMG, Ohno-Matsui K, Lai TYY, Koizumi H, Larsen M, Querques G, Downes SM, Yzer S, Breazzano MP, Subhi Y, Tadayoni R, Priglinger SG, Pauleikhoff LJB, Lange CAK, Loewenstein A, Diederen RMH, Schlingemann RO, Hoyng CB, Chhablani JK, Holz FG, Sivaprasad S, Lotery AJ, Yannuzzi LA, Freund KB, Boon CJF
Prog Retin Eye Res 2024 Jul;101:101236. Epub 2024 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2024.101236. PMID: 38301969
Pharmacotherapy of Vitreomacular Traction.
Wan R, Hong T, Tariq Y, Chang A
Curr Pharm Des 2018;24(41):4874-4881. doi: 10.2174/1381612825666190124102148. PMID: 30674252
Image: Extensive Pneumocephalus.
Liu H, Wang W
World Neurosurg 2018 Jan;109:127-128. Epub 2017 Sep 30 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.151. PMID: 28974412
Postsurgical Cystoid Macular Edema.
Zur D, Loewenstein A
Dev Ophthalmol 2017;58:178-190. Epub 2017 Mar 28 doi: 10.1159/000455280. PMID: 28351047
Sympathetic ophthalmia.
Castiblanco CP, Adelman RA
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2009 Mar;247(3):289-302. Epub 2008 Sep 16 doi: 10.1007/s00417-008-0939-8. PMID: 18795315

Prognosis

Development of a novel Korean reading chart.
Sung Y, Kwon HJ, Choi SW, Song WK
Clin Exp Optom 2022 Apr;105(3):281-286. Epub 2021 May 3 doi: 10.1080/08164622.2021.1908821. PMID: 33941049
The molecular basis of neurotrophic keratopathy: Diagnostic and therapeutic implications. A review.
Ruiz-Lozano RE, Hernandez-Camarena JC, Loya-Garcia D, Merayo-Lloves J, Rodriguez-Garcia A
Ocul Surf 2021 Jan;19:224-240. Epub 2020 Oct 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jtos.2020.09.007. PMID: 33022412
Leber Congenital Amaurosis.
Tsang SH, Sharma T
Adv Exp Med Biol 2018;1085:131-137. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95046-4_26. PMID: 30578499
Postsurgical cystoid macular edema.
Loewenstein A, Zur D
Dev Ophthalmol 2010;47:148-159. Epub 2010 Aug 10 doi: 10.1159/000320078. PMID: 20703048
Sympathetic ophthalmia.
Castiblanco CP, Adelman RA
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2009 Mar;247(3):289-302. Epub 2008 Sep 16 doi: 10.1007/s00417-008-0939-8. PMID: 18795315

Clinical prediction guides

Muscle-Sparing Six-Point Upper Blepharoplasty for Asian Male Patients.
Lee MK, Lee S, Jun D
J Craniofac Surg 2022 Oct 1;33(7):2212-2215. Epub 2022 Feb 14 doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000008514. PMID: 35165241
Balance and mobility in geriatric patients : Assessment and treatment of neurological aspects.
Jahn K, Freiberger E, Eskofier BM, Bollheimer C, Klucken J
Z Gerontol Geriatr 2019 Jul;52(4):316-323. Epub 2019 Jun 3 doi: 10.1007/s00391-019-01561-z. PMID: 31161336
Choroidal changes in human myopia: insights from optical coherence tomography imaging.
Read SA, Fuss JA, Vincent SJ, Collins MJ, Alonso-Caneiro D
Clin Exp Optom 2019 May;102(3):270-285. Epub 2018 Dec 19 doi: 10.1111/cxo.12862. PMID: 30565333
Image: Extensive Pneumocephalus.
Liu H, Wang W
World Neurosurg 2018 Jan;109:127-128. Epub 2017 Sep 30 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.151. PMID: 28974412
Vision and quality-of-life.
Brown GC
Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1999;97:473-511. PMID: 10703139Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

The Efficacy, Adverse Events, and Withdrawal Rates of the Pharmacological Management of Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Canavan C, Inoue T, McMahon S, Doody C, Blake C, Fullen BM
Pain Med 2022 Feb 1;23(2):375-395. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnab140. PMID: 33844010
No evidence for thrombophilia in patients with retinal venous occlusion: a systematic GRADE-based review.
Kirkegaard K, Heegaard S, Hvas AM
Acta Ophthalmol 2017 Feb;95(1):12-19. Epub 2016 Aug 29 doi: 10.1111/aos.13214. PMID: 27573507
Vision screening of older people.
Jessa Z, Evans B, Thomson D, Rowlands G
Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2007 Nov;27(6):527-46. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2007.00525.x. PMID: 17956358
Medical versus surgical interventions for open angle glaucoma.
Burr J, Azuara-Blanco A, Avenell A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005 Apr 18;(2):CD004399. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004399.pub2. PMID: 15846712

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