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Ophthalmology archive for February 2021

Diagram showing changes contributing to our shift from walk-in to telephone triage Eye Casualty.

Novel changes during COVID-19 – transforming a walk-in Eye Casualty to a telephone triage service

18 February 2021 | Karishma Parmar, Riddhi Thaker, Deepa Rathore | EYE - General

With the current pandemic climate due to COVID-19, out of the norm approaches have been adopted in different hospitals across the UK to ensure patient safety. At our Eye Casualty (EC) department at Northampton General Hospital (NGH), we felt the...

Diagnosing the red eye flowchart.

Decoding the red eye

15 February 2021 | Vaishnavi Menon, Varshini Manoharan | EYE - Cornea

Red eye, or hyperaemia, is one of the most common presentations to primary care [1] and the emergency department [2]. However, despite this the underlying cause is often misdiagnosed which can lead to severe, sight-threatening conditions being missed [1]. Thorough...

Photo showing nurse-led intravitreal injection service demonstration.

Celebrating eight years of the nurse-led intravitreal injection service

4 February 2021 | Adam Mapani, Robin Hamilton, Jonah Nago, Gavin Kissoondeeal, Bhavin Maru, Musa Sanyang, Rankin Pacheco, Helen Carpenter, Julie Sharma, Mary Masih, Tracy Luckett, Kate Falkner | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London celebrated the eighth year of its nurse-led intravitreal (IVT) injection service in 2020. In collaboration with Beaver-Visitec International (BVI), Moorfields’ comprehensive one-day course for non-medical staff has blossomed into a thriving success....

Ray diagrams and resultant images of normal eye, The VIP-IOL system, and The VIP-IOL system after removal of the anterior chamber IOL.

A missed intraocular telescope – an opportunity to re-focus the evidence

4 February 2021 | Hani Hasan, Jennifer McMahon, Guy Smith | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging, EYE - General

Intraocular telescopes allow magnification of the image so that it would be projected into a larger area of the macula, this makes the central defect caused by dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) smaller. The most common approach is a Galilean...

Picture showing front cover of the pharmacopoeia.

Pharmacopoeia of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

4 February 2021 | Andrew King | EYE - General

The compact volume depicted in Figure 1 bears the simple title Pharmacopoeia. The book originally belonged to the author’s father, the late John King. A pharmacist by profession, John King maintained a keen interest in matters pertaining to pharmaceutical history....

Photo showing the Grand opening of the new eye clinic at the Atiman Memorial Hospital in Sumbawanga with all participants and training team members present.

Eyecare education in times of COVID-19

4 February 2021 | Martin Anderson, Karsten Paust, Andrew Blaikie | EYE - General

A collaboration between the German Committee for the Prevention of Blindness (DKVB), Rukwa regional government in Tanzania and the University of St Andrews Global Health Team successfully delivered a hybrid teaching programme for ophthalmic nurses in Sumbawanga, south west Tanzania,...

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