TY - JOUR
T1 - Telemedical evaluation of ocular adnexa and anterior segment
AU - Threlkeld, Anisa B.
AU - Fahd, Tony
AU - Camp, Matthew
AU - Johnson, Maribeth H.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by an unrestricted departmental grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc, New York, New York (A.B.T.).
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1999/4
Y1 - 1999/4
N2 - PURPOSE: To report the accuracy of telemedical slit-lamp evaluation in examination of ocular adnexa and anterior segment. METHODS: By means of contingency tables, slit-lamp findings by live examination and by real-time telemedicine were compared in 50 eyes of 25 patients. RESULTS: Sensitivity percentages (proportion with findings correctly identified by telemedicine)/specificity percentages (proportion without the finding that was correctly identified by telemedicine) were 100/64 for eyelid mass, 100/85 for conjunctival pigment, 100/100 for posterior synechiae, 80/0 for blepharitis, 83/93 for iridotomy, 70/93 for pinguecula, 75/93 for iris lesions, 56/98 for corneal scar, 0/100 for chamber inflammation, 57/93 for nuclear cataract, and 37/100 for intraocular lens presence. CONCLUSIONS: By means of monocular slit-lamp telemedical evaluation, clinical findings with high contrast cues for color and depth have the highest sensitivity and specificity.
AB - PURPOSE: To report the accuracy of telemedical slit-lamp evaluation in examination of ocular adnexa and anterior segment. METHODS: By means of contingency tables, slit-lamp findings by live examination and by real-time telemedicine were compared in 50 eyes of 25 patients. RESULTS: Sensitivity percentages (proportion with findings correctly identified by telemedicine)/specificity percentages (proportion without the finding that was correctly identified by telemedicine) were 100/64 for eyelid mass, 100/85 for conjunctival pigment, 100/100 for posterior synechiae, 80/0 for blepharitis, 83/93 for iridotomy, 70/93 for pinguecula, 75/93 for iris lesions, 56/98 for corneal scar, 0/100 for chamber inflammation, 57/93 for nuclear cataract, and 37/100 for intraocular lens presence. CONCLUSIONS: By means of monocular slit-lamp telemedical evaluation, clinical findings with high contrast cues for color and depth have the highest sensitivity and specificity.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033118811&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0033118811&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00355-9
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00355-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 10218705
AN - SCOPUS:0033118811
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 127
SP - 464
EP - 466
JO - American Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - American Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 4
ER -