Academy Policy Research Articles

Laser blepharoplasty and skin resurfacing

The purpose of the Committee on Ophthalmic Procedures Assessment is to evaluate on a scientific basis new and existing ophthalmic tests, devices, and procedures for their safety, efficacy, clinical effectiveness, and appropriate uses. Evaluations include examination of available literature, epidemiologic analyses when appropriate, and compilation of opinions from recognized experts and other interested parties. After appropriate review by all contributors, including legal counsel, assessments are submitted to the Academy’s Board of Trustees for consideration as official Academy policy.

Indocyanine green angiography

∗ The purpose of the Committee on Ophthalmic Procedures Assessment is to evaluate on a scientific basis new and existing ophthalmic tests, devices, and procedures for their safety, efficacy, clinical effectiveness, and appropriate uses. Evaluations include examination of available literature, epidemiological analyses when appropriate, and compilation of opinions from recognized experts and other interested parties. After appropriate review by all contributors, including legal counsel, assessments are submitted to the Academy’s Board of Trustees for consideration as official Academy policy.

Laser Trabeculoplasty for Primary Open-angle Glaucoma

The purpose of the Committee on Ophthalmic Procedure Assessments is to evaluate on a scientific basis new and existing ophthalmic tests, devices, and procedures for their safety, efficacy, clinical effectiveness, and appropriate uses. Evaluations include examination of available literature, epidemiological analyses when appropriate, and compilation of opinions from recognized experts and other interested parties. After appropriate review by all contributors, including legal counsel, assessments are submitted to the Academy's Board of Trustees for consideration as official Academy policy.

The Repair of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments

The purpose of the Committee on Ophthalmic Procedure Assessments is to evaluate on a scientific basis new and existing ophthalmic tests, devices, and procedures for their safety, efficacy, clinical effectiveness, and appropriate uses. Evaluations include examination of available literature, epidemiological analyses when appropriate, and compilation of opinions from recognized experts and other interested parties. After appropriate review by all contributors, including legal counsel, assessments are submitted to the Academy's Board of Trustees for consideration as official Academy policy.

Enikeratonlasty

The purpose of the Committee on Ophthalmic Procedure Assessment is to evaluate on a scientific basis new and existing ophthalmic tests, devices, and procedures for their safety, efficacy, clinical effectiveness, and appropriate uses. Evaluations include examination of available literature, epidemiological analyses when appropriate, and compilation of opinions from recognized experts and other interested parties. After appropriate review by all contributors, including legal counsel, assessments are submitted to the Academy's Board of Trustees for consideration as official Academy policy.

Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty

AbstractThe purpose of the Committee on Ophthalmic Procedures Assessments is to evaluate on a scientific basis new and existing ophthalmic tests, devices, and procedures for their safety, efficacy, clinical effectiveness and appropriate uses. Evaluations include examination of available literature, epidemiological analyses when appropriate, and compilation of opinions from recognized experts and other interested parties. After appropriate review by all contributors, including legal counsel, assessments are submitted to the Academy's Board of Trustees for consideration as official Academy policy.

Functional Indications for Upper and Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty

The purpose of the Committee on Ophthalmic Procedures Assessment is to evaluate on a scientific basis new and existing ophthalmic tests, devices, and procedures for their safety, efficacy, clinical effectiveness, and appropriate uses. Evaluations include examination of available literature, epidemiological analyses when appropriate, and compilation of opinions from recognized experts and other interested parties. After appropriate review by all contributors, including legal counsel, assessments are submitted to the Academy's Board of Trustees for consideration as official Academy policy.

National Academies Policy Advisory Group

Journal of Advanced NursingVolume 18, Issue 5 p. 689-689 National Academies Policy Advisory Group First published: May 1993 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.180506889.xAboutPDF 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 Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume18, Issue5May 1993Pages 689-689 RelatedInformation

ERRATUM

In Recommendation No. 3 of the Academy's policy statement on the use of oral acyclovir therapy for varicella, which appeared in the March 1993 (Vol 91, No 3) issue of PEDIATRICS, a dosage error appears. The recommendation should read: "When given, oral acyclovir should be administered for 5 days, starting within the first 24 hours of rash onset, at a dose of 20 mg/kg four times a day, with a maximum dose of 800 mg four times a day."

Keratophakia and Keratomileusis: Safety, and Effectiveness

The purpose of the Committee on Ophthalmic Procedures Assessment is to evaluate on a scientific basis new and existing ophthalmic tests, devices, and procedures for their safety, efficacy, clinical effectiveness and appropriate uses. Evaluations include examination of available literature, epidemiological analyses when appropriate, and compilation of opinions from recognized experts and other interested parties. After appropriate review by all contributors, including legal counsel, assessments are submitted to the Academy's Board of Directors for consideration as official Academy policy.

Can Clinical Judgment Detect Children with Speech-Language Problems?

In Reply.— Screening primarily on the basis of parents' concerns is clearly cost-effective. If a pediatrician implemented the Academy's policy of standardized developmental screening at each of the 12 well-child visits scheduled between 0 and 5 years of age on a sample of 100 patients followed up from birth, administrations of 1200 tests are required. Eight hundred administrations are needed before the group reaches 24 months of age. Only 12% of parents whose children were younger than 24 months of age had concerns about their child's speech and language such that screening only in response to concerns reduces the numbers of tests from 800 to 96—a substantial savings in time and expense.

Functional Indications for Upper and Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty

The purpose of the Committee on Ophthalmic Procedures Assessment is to evaluate on a scientific basis new and existing ophthalmic tests, devices, and procedures for their safety, efficacy, clinical effectiveness and appropriate uses. Evaluations include examination of available literature, epidemiological analyses when appropriate, and compilation of opinions from recognized experts and other interested parties. After appropriate review by all contributors, including legal counsel, assessments are submitted to the Academy's Board of Directors for consideration as official Academy policy.

Corneal Endothelial Photography

The purpose of the Committee on Ophthalmic Procedures Assessment is to evaluate on a scientific basis new and existing ophthalmic tests, devices, and procedures for their safety, efficacy, clinical effectiveness and appropriate uses. Evaluations include examination of available literature, epidemiological analyses when appropriate, and compilation of opinions from recognized experts and other interested parties. After appropriate review by all contributors, including legal counsel, assessments are submitted to the Academy's Board of Directors for consideration as official Academy policy.

Children, Adolescents, and Television

In 1984 the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Children and Television issued a statement1 that cautioned pediatricians and parents about the potential for television to promote violent and/or aggressive behavior and obesity. The influence of television on early sexual activity, drug and alcohol use and abuse, school performance, and perpetuation of ethnic stereotypes was also stressed. Advances in our understanding of the effects of television on children have prompted this update of the Academy's policy. In 1989 the average child in the United States still spent more time watching television than performing any other activity except sleeping. According to recent Nielsen data,2 children aged 2 to 5 years view approximately 25 hours of television per week, children aged 6 to 11 years watch more than 22 hours per week, and adolescents 12 to 17 years watch 23 hours of television per week. Although the amount of commercial television viewed by children has declined since 1980, the most recent estimates of television viewing do not include the use of video cassette recorders. Therefore, the amount of time that children in our country spend in front of the television set has probably not decreased significantly in the past 8 years. Television's influence on children is a function of the length of time they spend watching and the cumulative effect of what they see. By the time today's child reaches age 70, he or she will have spent approximately 7 years watching television.3 Therefore, television may displace more active experience of the world.

Guidelines for the Determination of Brain Death in Children

In 1986, a task force was impaneled consisting of representatives from a number of legal and medical disciplines, including two representatives from the American Academy of Pediatrics, to examine the issue of brain death in children. This consortium developed a consensus report which was published in Pediatrics (1987;80:298-300). This report, however, does not represent Academy policy and should not be construed as such. This material has been referenced subsequently, most recently in the August (1988) issue of Pediatrics, with the inference that it represents the Academy's position. In summary, the guidelines issued by the Task Force have provided the medical and legal communities with useful information on a sensitive issue, but it should be reiterated that they do not represent an official policy of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Punctal Occlusion for the Dry Eye

The purpose of the Committee on Ophthalmic Procedures Assessment is to evaluate on a scientific basis new and existing ophthalmic tests, devices, and procedures for their safety, efficacy, clinical effectiveness and appropriate uses. Evaluations include examination of available literature, epidemiological analyses when appropriate, and compilation of opinions from recognized experts and other interested parties. After appropriate review by all contributors, including legal counsel, assessments are submitted to the Academy's Board of Directors for consideration as official Academy policy.

Teenagers and Breast-Feeding

As a pediatrician with training and interest in school health, I was pleased that the Academy's policy statement on the promotion of breast-feeding1 emphasizes the inclusion of breast-feeding facts in school health curricula. I recently surveyed 571 girls from high school health classes to determine their attitude toward and knowledge of breast-feeding. I used a 20-item "forced choice" questionnaire developed by Berger and Winter.2 Each "pro" response to an attitude item was scored "1 point."

Burn center of the Gulhane Military Medical Academy—policy and procedures. (Turkish)

Burn center of the Gulhane Military Medical Academy—policy and procedures. (Turkish)

PNP Speaks Up

In regard to the AAP statement "Academy Policy in Relation to the Pediatric Nurse Associate,"1 I feel there are some important aspects that need to be addressed. (1) The emphasis of PNP education is aimed at well-child/parent teaching, counseling, and health maintenance. The "traditional domain of medicine," i.e., physical examination, is a learned tool by which wellness can be assessed. (2) Nurses as health care professionals are interdependent and independent practitioners (Darling vs. Charleston Community Memorial Hospital, 33 Ill. 2d 326, 211 N.E. 2d 253 [1966]).

Academy Policy in Relation to the Pediatric Nurse Associate

The title of the AAP Executive Board Statement was incorrectly listed on the cover and contents page in the April issue (Pediatrics, 57:467, 1976). The title should have read "Academy Policy in Relation to the Pediatric Nurse Associate."