Journal article

Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus—A Narrative Review of Clinicians’ Perspectives

M Song, T Chen, A Moktar, E Chan, EW Chong, M Daniell, S Sahebjada

Children | Published : 2022

Abstract

This review discusses the current practices, attitudes, and trends in diagnosing and managing keratoconus (KC) in adults and children by optometrists and ophthalmologists in order to highlight the differences on a global scale. Two independent reviewers searched the electronic databases and grey literature for all potential articles published from 1 January 2000 to 1 June 2022 on management of KC. Keywords used in searches included “keratoconus”, “diagnosis”, “management”, “treatment”, “attitude”, “practices”, “opinion”, “optometrist”, “ophthalmologist”, “consensus”, and “protocol”. A total of 19 articles was included in this review—12 from the database search and seven from the grey literat..

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Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project Ideas grant APP1187763 and Lions Eye Donation Service (S.S.), Keratoconus Australia (S.S.), and Perpetual Impact Philanthropy grant (S.S.). The Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) receives Operational Infrastructure Support from the Victorian Government. The sponsor or funding organizations had no role in the design or conduct of this research.