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Risk factors identified for glaucoma progression in paediatric glaucoma suspects

A retrospective case review was conducted of children (<18 years) identified as being glaucoma suspects using common clinical criteria or the Childhood Glaucoma Research Network definition. Exclusion criteria included penetrating ocular trauma, treated ocular hypertension / glaucoma and use of...

Driving with retinitis pigmentosa

The authors present a study of 228 consecutive patients with a clinical or genetic diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa. Data was collected prospectively between January 2012 and October 2022 in Perth, Australia. The study aimed to determine the proportion of patients...

What are the features of facial nerve palsies in children?

The aim if this study was to report ophthalmic related findings and complications in children with facial palsy. Medical records from a tertiary centre were retrospectively searched for children 16 years and under with a diagnosis of facial palsy, over...

Comparison of structural and functional features in primary angle closure and open-angle glaucoma

In this large cross-sectional study, differences in structural and functional damage were assessed among patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) with optical coherence tomography and reliable visual field testing. Two-hundred and eighty-three patients with...

Ethnic disparities in diagnostic sequencing yield

The authors present a systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic yield of next generation sequencing (NGS) for inherited retinal diseases and compare yield from studies performed primarily on patients of European descent from those primarily of East Asian descent....

OCULUS supports the 23rd German Down Syndrome Sports Festival in Wetzlar

Once again, OCULUS brought the 'Vision Olympics' to the German Down Syndrome Sports Festival in Wetzlar. Participants had the opportunity to have their vision tested and receive a brief screening of the anterior segment of their eyes. This year, the...

Hypothesis for poor visual outcomes in myeline oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-related optic neuritis after first attack

The authors present a retrospective case review with the aim of describing the group of patients with myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-associated optic neuritis (MOG-ON) who had poor visual outcomes following their first attack despite rapid treatment. The study was conducted at a...

Outline of clinical care for healthy newborns with uncomplicated conjunctivitis in the US

The purpose of this study was to explore the current state of clinical care for healthy newborns with uncomplicated ophthalmia neonatorum (ON) using a large electronic health record dataset. Despite the existence of national guidelines for antepartum screening for N....

Prism adaptation responses for variable distance-near deviation in intermittent exotropia

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the prism adaptation test (PAT) on angle and distance-near-deviation (DND) in intermittent exotropia (IXT), and determine the frequency of responders and non-responders to PAT. This was a single-centre study...

Recommendation for wide angle fluorescein angiography to diagnose FEVR in NEDSDV

Neurodevelopmental disorder with spastic diplegia and visual defects (NEDSDV) is a genetic disease described in 2012 associated with variants in the CTNNB1 gene which encodes beta-catenin. Characteristics include strabismus, reduced visual acuity and familial exudative retinopathy (FEVR). In this study,...

RNIB welcomes Kamiqua Lake as new Trustee

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has announced the appointment of a new Trustee, Kamiqua Lake.

2023 International Myopia Institute White Papers Released in Special Edition of IOVS

The International Myopia Institute (IMI) is excited to announce the release of the third series of their highly cited White Papers in a special issue of the top peer-reviewed Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (IOVS) journal.