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Flashes and floaters in community optometry – diagnosing a posterior vitreous detachment
1 October 2018
| Janet Pooley
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EYE - General
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...
Developing community eye care: the GOS package in Scotland
1 December 2018
| Janet Pooley
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EYE - General
In the second in the series about community eye care in the home nations, Janet Pooley explains how Scotland has developed its services within GOS. The United Kingdom has devolved healthcare; the powers were transferred from Westminster to Scotland and...
Reflections on a twelve-year partnership: The Makassar-Dundee LINK
3 June 2021
| John Ellis, Habibah Muhiddin, Andi Muhammad Ichsan, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
In the first article of a two-part series (see Part 2 here), the authors provide an overview of this hugely successful partnership and how they overcame the challenges of COVID-19. What began in 2008 as a connection between equals, has...
The Eye Health Network – an ‘optometry-first’ approach to eye care
1 April 2014
| Stephen McPherson, John Olson
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EYE - Cornea
Historically, in NHS Grampian, ophthalmology and optometry worked separately, with even the process of optometry referral to hospital occurring only at the behest of the patient’s general practitioner (GP). Criteria for referral were not discussed and feedback after referral was...
FAQs about cerebral visual impairment (CVI): identifying and helping those affected
2 August 2022
| Gordon N Dutton
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EYE - General
Cerebral visual impairment is common in both adults and children, yet the diagnosis can easily be missed unless one is tuned into the presenting features. This article provides a succinct introduction to this important topic. What is vision? Vision is...
Is this a retinal detachment?
1 April 2021
| Rathin Pujari, Mohammed Haque
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
Despite the help of allied health professionals in triaging and managing acute ophthalmic emergencies, eye casualty remains overburdened. Trainees at the beginning of their training often struggle to manage such busy clinics with varied presentations. We present a case that...
Dramatic myopic shift due to epithelial basement membrane dystrophy
3 October 2024
| Annes Ahmeidat, Blazej Staniszewski, James Welch
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EYE - Cornea
Epithelial basement membrane dystrophy (EBMD), also known as map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy, is a common anterior corneal disorder affecting approximately 2% of the population [1]. It is characterised by the abnormal maintenance of the basement membrane, resulting in protrusions into the epithelium....
Four pillars: Exploring eye exigencies
2 June 2025
| Jem Ann Bautista
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EYE - General
This series explores the four pillars of advanced clinical practice and here, Jem Ann Bautista explores the pillar of clinical practice. As day case theatre practitioners in one of London’s biggest and busiest centres, our team is trained to cater...
Persistence of Ebola virus in ocular fluid during convalescence
1 August 2015
| Jonathan CP Roos
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The most recent Ebola outbreak has infected over 26,300 patients, but also resulted in the highest number of survivors in history. Uveitis has been described during the convalescent period, but Varkey and colleagues report, for the first time, finding viable...
Viral uveitis
1 October 2019
| Ivan Yip
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This review covers viral causes of anterior uveitis. A viral aetiology should be suspected when anterior uveitis is accompanied by ocular hypertension, diffuse stellate keratic precipitates or the presence of iris atrophy. Most common viruses associated are herpes simplex, varicella-zoster...
“Robot performs cataract surgery on patient!”
1 June 2018
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are scientific reality and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: “Robot performs cataract surgery on patient!” Twenty-five years ago when Eye News launched, a news headline such...
