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Age-related laryngoscopic visual acuity

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background: Endotracheal intubation by direct laryngoscopy is a mainstay of advanced airway management performed both in the prehospital environment and in the Emergency Department.
Abdul-Maajid Mathews, Christopher Stein, Marietjie Richter   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fania (Fanny) Kaplan and the attempted assassination of Vladimir Lenin: Ophthalmologic considerations

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Fania (Fanny) Kaplan (1890–1918), who was reportedly visually impaired, confessed to the attempted assassination of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) in 1918 by shooting him with a pistol. The precise nature of her visual loss is unknown and raises doubts about whether she had sufficient visual function to perform the act ...
Stephen G. Schwartz, Christopher T. Leffler, Peter M. Allen, Andrzej Grzybowski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outcomes and complications of sponges versus tires for scleral buckling in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: The Manchester Buckle Study

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To compare preoperative characteristics and postoperative anatomical and functional outcomes of scleral buckle surgery using sponges versus tires, as well as explant‐related complications and the frequency of explant removal. Methods This retrospective study included patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) who ...
Peter Kiraly, Myrta Lippera, Naseer Ally, Ritu Agarwal, George Moussa, Tsveta Ivanova, Felipe Dhawahir‐Scala, Niall Patton, George Turner, Stephen Charles, Assad Jalil, Kirti M. Jasani   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prenatal and childhood exposure to smoking and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness: A meta‐analysis of three independent birth cohorts

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To examine retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) characteristics in relation to prenatal and postnatal smoking exposure in three independent birth cohorts: two Danish and one Australian cohort. Methods A combined meta‐analysis of peripapillary retinal nerve fibre thickness in the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood 2000 ...
Linna Zhu, Inger Christine Munch, Samantha Sze‐Yee Lee, David A. Mackey, Tamo Sultan, Klaus Bønnelykke, Bo Chawes, Michael Larsen, Nicklas Brustad   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Orthokeratologic Lens Applications in the Correction of Low to Moderate Myopia

Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2013
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of orthokeratology in patients with low and medium myopia. Material and Method: Twenty six eyes of 6 male and 7 female patients were evaluated prospectively.
Emine Kalkan Akçay, Sıdıka Gerçeker, Nurullah Çağıl, Nagihan Uğurlu, Fatma Turgut Yülek   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The efficacy and safety of reducing intraocular pressure to single‐digit levels in Normal‐tension glaucoma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose This systematic review and meta‐analysis aim to evaluate the efficacy and safety of further lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) to single‐digit levels in treated patients with progressive normal‐tension glaucoma (NTG). Methods A literature search was conducted in MEDLINE (via PubMed), Scopus and Web of Science. We selected studies that
Beatriz Araújo‐Azevedo, Renato Ferreira‐da‐Silva, João Barbosa‐Breda   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Three hundred sixty‐degree prophylactic laser retinopexy versus focal laser during rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To compare the anatomic, functional and safety outcomes of intra‐operative 360‐degree prophylactic laser retinopexy versus focal laser retinopexy during pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and to assess the certainty of evidence.
Luke Yaldo, Albert Ting, Saif Pasha, Kyle Sporn, Abdelaziz Abdelaal, Joshua Ong   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infectious bacterial keratitis management in a Swedish region: Risk factors, treatment and time‐to‐resolution

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To report treatment patterns, time‐to‐resolution (TTR) and aetiologies of bacterial keratitis (BK) infections treated in a specialized hospital‐based cornea clinic in Sweden. Methods Retrospective study based on electronic health records screened during the period 2010–2019. The study included only culture‐confirmed cases of BK.
Jenny Roth, Antonio Filipe Macedo, Sofia Somajo, Lukas Tannerfeldt, Baris Toprak, Neil Lagali   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic risk factors in Finnish patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To study the genetic risk factors of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) in the Finnish population using hospital‐based and large biobank cohorts. Methods We genotyped a cohort of 107 Finnish patients with FECD for the primary associated genetic risk factor, the TCF4 (CTG)>50 expansion, and studied their clinical phenotype.
Inka‐Tuulevi Vähämäki, Annamari T. Immonen, Joel T. Rämö, Aino M. Jaakkola, Kari Krootila, Maria Kaukonen, FinnGen, Aarno Palotie, Hannes Lohi, Tero T. Kivelä, Joni A. Turunen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visual screening: a comparison of the Keeler crowded logMAR and Snellen tests

British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2010
Aim:  To assess the effectiveness of the Keeler crowded logMAR visual acuity test in comparison with the Snellen test and to establish the optimum visual acuity threshold, using the Keeler crowded logMAR, for referral from the orthoptic secondary screening service to the ophthalmologist.
Natalie Ainscough, Jacqueline Bates, Lorraine North   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources