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Last published 2023
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Brita S. Rook

Researcher

Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Hospital (2016–2023)

Unknown Researcher

2 h-index 8 pubs 21 cited

  • Child
  • Humans
  • United States
  • Vision Screening
  • Vision, Low
  • Ethnicity
  • Racial Groups
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri
  • Eye Diseases
  • Male
  • Retinal Diseases
  • Retinoschisis
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
  • Blindness
  • Vision Disorders

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Brita S. Rook's research focuses on pediatric ophthalmology and vision care, with a particular emphasis on disparities and access among children. Her work investigates various ophthalmic conditions, including pseudotumor cerebri, papilledema, and glaucoma in pediatric populations. Rook has published on trends in pediatric vision screening and socioeconomic and racial disparities in vision care access. She also explores specific clinical cases and management strategies, such as the use of acetazolamide for intracranial hypertension and micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation for pediatric glaucoma.

Her collaborations include work with Paul H. Phillips, Ahmed B. Sallam, Muhammad Z. Chauhan, and Sami H. Uwaydat, all at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Rook's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 2, with 8 total publications and 32 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 8
  • Citations: 21

Selected Publications

  • Intraocular Pressure in Children (2024)
  • Acute angle-closure in juvenile X-linked retinoschisis (2023)
    Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities in Vision Care Access and Impairment Among United States Children (2023)
    Ophthalmology 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • When Pediatric Headaches Are Not Benign—Eye Findings (2023)
    Children 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Five-Year Trends in Pediatric Vision Screening and Access in the United States (2022)
    Ophthalmology 23 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Preoperative Examination (2020)
  • The Effect of Horizontal Rectus Muscle Surgery on Distance-Near Incomitance (2019)
    American Journal of Ophthalmology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pediatric Cranial Nerve Palsies (2016)
    Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pediatric pseudotumor cerebri (2016)
    Current Opinion in Ophthalmology 15 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

13 Collaborators 7 Institutions 1 Country

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