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Atopic dermatitis: Risk of glaucoma progression?

This population-based retrospective cohort study from December 5, 2003 to December 3, 2018 examined 528,469 patients with glaucoma with a diagnosis of atopic dermatitis (AD) based on diagnostic claim codes from the TriNetX Research Network, which contains real-time information on...

Posner-Schlossman Syndrome (PSS) European Study Group: study protocol and baseline patient characteristics of a multicentre study

This is a retrospective, multicentre (11 centres) study of European patients (total 107; Caucasians in 93.4%). Age ranged between 11 and 76 years with mean age 42 ±15 years. Best corrected vision was >0.5logMAR in 80.3% of the eyes, and...

Mastering Monovision with Professor Graham Barrett and Mr Alastair Stuart

Professor Graham Barrett, creator of RayOne EMV, joins Mr Alastair Stuart, Medical Director of Optegra UK, to discuss why he frequently selects this lens for patients in Rayner’s Peer2Peer podcast series. Mr Stuart shares insights on patient selection, calculations, and...

What not to miss in neuro-ophthalmology Part 2

As mentioned previously there are several conditions in neuro-ophthalmology that should not be missed by the general ophthalmologist as well as ophthalmology trainees. We discussed in the first part some of these conditions including third cranial nerve palsies, giant cell...

The results of the last survey Jun25

The first question refers to whether we check blood glucose levels prior to cataract surgery. Almost three quarters of you do which was interesting. We know that poor glycaemic control (manifesting as a raised HbA1c) has implications for wound healing...

Serendipity

“Serendipity is looking in a haystack for a needle and discovering a farmer’s daughter” – Julius Comroe Jr (Surgeon, Medical Researcher and Author) One of the attractive features of ophthalmology, apart from the good quality of life and the relatively...

Feb/Mar 2015 Quiz 1

A 79-year-old male presented to the ophthalmic emergency department with a three week history of left eye pain. He also reported visual deterioration in the left eye over the same period. He suffered from degenerative myopia, with his spectacle prescription...

Case series of toxic anterior segment syndrome

Herein we report two cases of toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) following uneventful cataract surgery. Both patients presented 24 hours after their uneventful operations with painless blurred vision in the operated eye. The inflammatory reaction was controlled successfully with an...

Transforming eyecare with AI at 100% Optical

“We are drowning in people we need to see in hospital eye services, and some people are going blind as a result. We are looking at nearly 10m hospital appointments for ophthalmology a year, with an approximately 33% increase over...

Novel retinal pigment metric tackles bias in AI models

Researchers have developed an innovative metric for objectively classifying pigmentation in a retinal image, rather than using subjective social constructs like ethnicity or other demographic variables, as is currently the case when building health datasets. Called the Retinal Pigment Score...

First medical AI model with globally representative data

Quest to build the first medical AI foundation model with globally representative data. A research consortium of over 100 study groups in more than 65 countries has launched the Global RETFound initiative, a collaborative effort to develop the first globally...

Sight test saves Norma’s life

When you go for an eye test, the last thing you expect to be diagnosed with is a heart attack, but that is exactly what happened to a woman from Greater Manchester. Norma, from Stockport, was telling her story as...