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Designing ophthalmology services Part 3: How do we address the queues post‑COVID-19?

5 August 2020 | Martin Dowdal, Caspar Gibbon, Kate Silvester | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Part 1 of this series available herePart 2 of this series available here There is going to be enormous demand on ophthalmology services as they start to welcome patients back. The authors explain how modelling can help make the most...

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Towards virtual reality conferences?

5 August 2020 | George Liu, Mehran Zarei-Ghanavati, Rawya A Diab, Mohamed Bahga Goweida, Hasan Naveed, Christopher Liu (Prof) | EYE - General

COVID-19 is forcing us to reconsider every aspect of life. The authors ask what future ophthalmic meetings could look like. The coronavirus disease COVID-19 pandemic disrupted ophthalmic conferences resulting in the cancellation of the majority of meetings in 2020, e.g....

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Hot debates in medical retina and imaging: Perspectives from the Controversies in Ophthalmology 2020 virtual conference

5 August 2020 | Rod McNeil | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging, EYE - General

Controversies in medical retina and imaging were debated during the Controversies in Ophthalmology 2020 virtual conference held during two mid-day scientific sessions on 27 and 28 March 2020. The author recounts key perspectives and presents viewpoint recommendations from the Vision...

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus: the essentials

24 July 2020 | Charles O’Donovan | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General

Herpes zoster, also referred to as shingles, is a common infection most typically caused by the reactivation of varicella zoster virus that lies dormant (sometime for decades) in the dorsal root nerve ganglion following primary chickenpox infection [1]. In 10-20%...

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Embracing assistive technology in the fight against sight loss

10 June 2020 | Julian Jackson | EYE - General

The author shares his own experience of sight loss and explains the vital role assistive technology can play in the lives of visually impaired patients. There is no doubt that sight loss continues to be a clear and present danger,...

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Forward-tilt technique for intraocular pressure measurement in upgaze

5 June 2020 | Sohaib Rufai, Jahangir Alom, Joyce Burns | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General

The authors suggest a technique to improve the accuracy of measuring IOP in upgaze using Goldmann applanation tonometry. Graves’ ophthalmopathy, also known as thyroid eye disease, is an autoimmune inflammatory condition affecting the orbit and periorbital tissues [1]. It was...

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Things I’d tell my medical school self, had I known my first year on the job would be during a global pandemic

5 June 2020 | Nikolaos Tzoumas | EYE - General

In a conversation with his younger self, a foundation doctor reflects on the contrast between his expectations of medicine at university and the reality of working during the coronavirus pandemic. Every doctor arrives at medical school with nervous anticipation, yet...

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Educational concerns and anxiety levels amongst ophthalmology trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic

5 June 2020 | Kerr Brogan, David Lockington | EYE - General

How concerned are ophthalmology trainees about the present impact and the future consequences of suspended ophthalmic training programmes? Researchers in the West of Scotland investigate. Anxiety, stress and the longer-term stress reaction of burnout often go unrecognised, yet are known...

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The Re-humanising Revolution: Breaking the conspiracy of silence

3 June 2020 | Hayley Allan | EYE - General

Over the last few years, the mental and emotional wellbeing of those who work in medicine has come under scrutiny. The author introduces a new resource. Working in healthcare has always been stressful but never more so than today. In...

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COVID-19 and the eye: a review of ocular involvement and protective strategies

1 June 2020 | Sohaib Rufai | EYE - General

A lot of attention has been placed on the use of face coverings to limit COVID-19 transmission, but there has been less focus on ocular involvement and ocular protection strategies. The author reviews the literature and discusses possible solutions. The...

Reflections on deployment to ICU

21 May 2020 | Elizabeth Yang | EYE - General

Being unexpectedly uprooted from ophthalmology to ICU during the coronavirus pandemic was certainly a challenge, not just clinically, but emotionally and personally. However, it is only through adversary that we learn to appreciate what we have, and there are definitely...

The COVID-19 ‘frontlines’: a foundation doctor’s perspective

20 April 2020 | Maya Dhillon | EYE - General

Staring through the fragmented stained glass of the Virgin Mary and her assorted angels, I reflected on the strangeness of the workplace I now found myself working in and the irony of a workforce now working together more enthusiastically than...

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