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Malpractice from telephone triage in ophthalmology
The authors examined malpractice lawsuits related to ophthalmology telemedicine telephone triage in the US. The study reviewed a total of 510 lawsuits and identified 18 cases that involved synchronous telephone visits, while none involved video telecommunication. The study found that...
Incidence and risk factors of ocular hypertension following PPV and SOI
In this prospective, interventional study the authors evaluated the risk factors for elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with silicone oil injection (SOI). This study included 254 eyes of 254 patients, with a mean age of 55.33...
Alternative diagnosis in cases of poor response to amblyopia therapy
The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of coexistent ocular pathology and identify / describe the factors that contribute to undiagnosed alternate diagnosis and / or co-existent pathology at initial presentation in patients referred as potentially amblyopic....Flashes and floaters in community optometry – diagnosing a posterior vitreous detachment
Managing patients who attend a practice with symptoms of flashes and floaters is a regular occurrence in community optometric practice. It’s often very distressing for patients; symptoms can be quite dramatic and an internet search can indicate imminent blindness from...The Qatar Fund for Development and Orbis to Launch Qatar Creating Vision in Ethiopia
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) are providing funding to international eye care charity Orbis, to launch the Qatar Creating Vision initiative Ethiopia.
Strabismus prevalence in the republic of Moldova
The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and rate of newly detected manifest strabismus cases in the paediatric population of the Republic of Moldova over 2011-2017. Average coverage of paediatric prophylactic examinations was 60.1% annually – paediatric...
Use of oral fluorescein angiography in a paediatric population
The authors report a retrospective records review of all patients who received an oral ultrawide fluorescein angiography (FA) over a 42-month period at a single children’s hospital. Data were extracted from the records including indication for FA, adverse events, pauses...
Lean concept implementation process to improve clinic efficiency
The authors adopted a Lean concept to improve patient wait times, delays, clinic inefficiencies and patient satisfaction. They report the outcomes of implementation in this paper. Visit time, and patient and staff movements during patient examinations were mapped. Patient examinations...IN FOCUS - Prevention and treatment of blindness worldwide: the story of ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’
The story of blindness and efforts to prevent and treat it cannot be told without going back to the earliest recorded history of blindness. Trachoma was described in ancient Egypt, cataract surgery in India about the fifth century BC and...
Use of the RAPDx device to evaluate efficacy of treatment in patients with optic nerve disease
The RAPDx objectively determines the RAPD magnitude by alternately presenting light stimuli to each eye and deriving amplitude and latency scores. The authors of this paper evaluated the amplitude and latency scores from the RAPDx together with other ophthalmic investigations...
