Journal of School HealthVolume 50, Issue 1 p. 15-17 The Nurse's Role in Helping to Assess Learning Disabilities in the School Setting Dolores Heinlein, Dolores Heinlein Dolores Heinlein, RN, MSN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Kutztown State College, Lytle Hall-Room 159, Kutztown, PA 19530.Search for more papers by this author Dolores Heinlein, Dolores Heinlein Dolores Heinlein, RN, MSN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Kutztown State College, Lytle Hall-Room 159, Kutztown, PA 19530.Search for more papers by this author First published: January 1980 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.1980.tb03872.xCitations: 4 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Citing Literature Volume50, Issue1January 1980Pages 15-17 RelatedInformation
A total of 174 patients (347 eyes) with retinitis pigmentosa were categorized by genetic type and assessed as to the degree of central visual loss. The degree of central visual loss was mildest in cases of autosomal-dominant inheritance and most extensive in cases of X-linked recessive inheritance. Slightly more than one third (34%) of all eyes had acuity of 20/200 or less, while only 55% had vision of 20/60 or better. The data in this study provide general guidelines for counseling individual patients with retinitis pigmentosa as to the potential and extent of future central visual loss.
The nonophthalmic physician confronted by a patient with a red eye should be able to distinguish common microbial or allergic conjunctivitis from potentially blinding disorders, such as acute angle closure glaucoma, uveitis, or herpes simplex keratitis, and should remain alert for an associated systemic disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis, polycythemia, or carotid cavernous fistula. The physician should approach the red eye systematically: take a careful history, including type of pain; measure visual acuity; observe the pattern of redness, the type of discharge, the shape of the pupil, and the opacities of the media; and measure the intraocular pressure.
Summary Marijuana and its derivatives may be of use in the therapy of a number of medical conditions including the glaucomas. More research is required to substantiate earlier results and to resolve apparent contradictions. This research is best done if controlled trials can be conducted in a milieu divorced from the controversy surrounding marijuana decriminalization.
