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Impact of COVID-19 on the Delivery of Eye Care to Uninsured Diabetic Patients at a Student-Run Free Clinic: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Eye Clinic Performance

open access: diamondJournal of Student-Run Clinics, 2022
Background: Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults in the United States and requires timely screening and management. This study evaluates the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on diabetic retinopathy screening (DRS) for uninsured, predominantly Latino patients at the University of ...
Benton Chuter   +6 more
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A Comprehensive Evaluation of Eye Surgery Performance by Sigma Quality Level for Eye Care Hospitals in Turkey

open access: diamondAmerican Journal of Operations Research, 2015
Sigma Quality Levels are statistical indices that can play an important role in establishment of more reliable and robust surgical processes. This article aims to highlight the value of interpreting sigma levels as a modern means of both the efficiency and success rate of nine different type of eye surgery processes involved.
İbrahim Şahbaz   +3 more
openalex   +3 more sources

Review of ophthalmic emergencies in primary care: a comprehensive approach to red eye

open access: diamondAnnals of Eye Science
Mohammad Sargolzaeimoghaddam   +4 more
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Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery compared with phacoemulsification: the FACT non-inferiority RCT

open access: yesHealth Technology Assessment, 2021
Background: Cataract surgery is one of the most common operations. Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) is a technique that automates a number of operative steps. Objectives: To compare FLACS with phacoemulsification cataract surgery (PCS).
Alexander C Day   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating eye health into policy: Evidence for health systems strengthening in KwaZulu-Natal

open access: yesAfrican Vision and Eye Health, 2020
Background: Available evidence is that eye health care receives less attention compared to other allied health professions in public health services across South Africa, yet vision impairment is known to have significant social and economic consequences.
Lungile M. Buthelezi, Diane van Staden
doaj   +1 more source

Delivery of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improves Tear Production in a Mouse Model of Sjögren’s Syndrome

open access: yesStem Cells International, 2017
The purpose of the present study was to test the potential of mouse bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BD-MSCs) in improving tear production in a mouse model of Sjögren’s syndrome dry eye and to investigate the underlying mechanisms involved ...
Hema S. Aluri   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving eye care in residential aged care facilities using the Residential Ocular Care (ROC) model: study protocol for a multicentered, prospective, customized, and cluster randomized controlled trial in Australia

open access: yesTrials, 2018
Background Older adults in residential aged care facilities have unnecessarily high levels of vision impairment (VI) which are largely treatable or correctable.
Edith E. Holloway   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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