PMID- 11565821
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20020108
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0095-6562 (Print)
IS  - 0095-6562 (Linking)
VI  - 72
IP  - 9
DP  - 2001 Sep
TI  - Repeat cycloplegic examinations at the Naval Operational Medicine Institute.
PG  - 839-41
AB  - BACKGROUND: Cycloplegic examination is required for applicants who desire entry 
      into Naval Aviation training. Before this study, all cycloplegic examinations 
      performed at any site were repeated at the Naval Operational Medicine Institute 
      (NOMI), Pensacola, FL, on all student naval aviator (SNA) candidates to assess 
      for latent hyperopia which exceeded established limits for entry into training. 
      HYPOTHESIS: Repeat cycloplegic examination does not vary sufficiently to change 
      student status regarding physical qualification for training. METHODS: Data 
      analysis of cycloplegic examinations repeated at the NOMI, for which the first 
      and second examination were recorded in the Aviation Medical Data Retrieval 
      System (AMDRS), over 10 yr. RESULTS: There were 3919 SNA applicants who had 
      cycloplegic examinations repeated at NOMI. Of them, 3903 (99.59%) were within 
      standards on the repeat examination. There were 16 candidates who were sent to 
      NOMI with a previously disqualifying cycloplegic examination. On second 
      cycloplegic examination, 15 were within standards for SNA. Only 15 of the SNAs 
      with a first cycloplegic examination within standards were outside SNA standards 
      on repeat examination. Of these 15, 12 were also outside SNA standards in distant 
      visual acuity and/or in manifest refraction. The remaining 3 were found to have 
      excessive myopia, not latent hyperopia, on the second cycloplegic examination. 
      The standard deviation between the first and the second cycloplegic examination 
      was computed to be less than 0.50 diopters in any meridian. CONCLUSION: The 
      cycloplegic examination of SNA candidates need only be repeated if the first 
      cycloplegic examination is outside the SNA limit or within two standard 
      deviations of the SNA limit.
FAU - Savoia-McHugh, L A
AU  - Savoia-McHugh LA
AD  - Naval Operational Medicine Institute, NAS Pensacola, FL, USA. 
      john.lee@attglobal.net
FAU - Kleinberg, D C
AU  - Kleinberg DC
FAU - Marshall, B
AU  - Marshall B
FAU - Skorey, E
AU  - Skorey E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Aviat Space Environ Med
JT  - Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
JID - 7501714
RN  - 0 (Mydriatics)
RN  - I76F4SHP7J (Cyclopentolate)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cyclopentolate/*administration & dosage
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hyperopia/diagnosis
MH  - Mydriatics/*administration & dosage
MH  - *Naval Medicine
MH  - Ophthalmoscopy/methods/standards
MH  - Physical Examination
MH  - Refractive Errors/*diagnosis
MH  - Students
EDAT- 2001/09/22 10:00
MHDA- 2002/01/10 10:01
CRDT- 2001/09/22 10:00
PHST- 2001/09/22 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/01/10 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/09/22 10:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Aviat Space Environ Med. 2001 Sep;72(9):839-41.