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Neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy with imaging abnormalities in the occipital lobe – how to counsel the parents
Case A baby boy, with a background of intrauterine growth restriction, was born at 37 weeks and three days gestation via forceps delivery. The baby was born in poor condition, with low heart rate, poor respiratory rate, poor colour and...EU: is it time to leave and embrace the world?
1 June 2016
| Rod McNeil
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EYE - General
Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union (EU) or leave? It’s a big decision involving some complex issues, and there’s no doubt the EU will continue to change. Ipsos MORI’s monthly EU voting intention poll published...
Designing ophthalmology services Part 3: How do we address the queues post‑COVID-19?
5 August 2020
| Martin Dowdal, Caspar Gibbon, Kate Silvester
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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...
The International AMD Genomics Consortium study: another success in understanding the complex genetics of AMD
1 April 2017
| Valentina Cipriani
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a neurodegenerative complex disease of the eye and a major cause of blindness and visual impairment among the elderly worldwide. The early stages of the disease are characterised by asymptomatic pigmentary abnormalities and accumulation of...
What’s new in glaucoma? Clinical trials drive practice changes, surgical advancements gather pace
Rod McNeil reviews the latest developments in the treatment of glaucoma in the UK. Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), which accounts for over two-thirds of all glaucoma cases, has an estimated UK prevalence in 2017 of approximately 2% of people over...The creation of PlayDoh<sup>®</sup> models as an educational tool for teaching anatomy of the eyelid
1 July 2018
| Maria de Bono Agius, Ruth M Manners, Fiona R Jazayeri, Christina V Miller, Sally M Webber
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EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - General
An understanding of the anatomy of the eyelid is essential for training in oculoplastic surgery. Active learning has been shown to increase knowledge and retention and has an advantage over passive teaching methods alone [1,2]. PlayDoh® models have been used...
International medical graduates in ophthalmology
4 December 2023
| Abdelrahman Obiedat
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EYE - General
IMGs in the NHS The General Medical Council (GMC) defines an international medical graduate (IMG) as someone who has obtained their primary medical qualification outside the European Economic Area (EEA) [1], meaning that an IMG is a medical doctor whose...
IN FOCUS - VISION 2020 LINKS Programme: the contribution of health partnerships to reduction in blindness worldwide
1 April 2020
| Marcia Zondervan, Gerald Msukwa, Josiah Onyango, Mike Burdon, Allen Foster (Prof)
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EYE - General
As other articles in this series (IN FOCUS Apr 2020) demonstrate, the year 2020 is highly significant in the eye care field. Naming a global initiative ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’ in 1999 was a daring way to focus...
A Doctors.net.uk app and more security woes
1 December 2017
| David Haider
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EYE - General
Doctors.net.uk gets a new app The Doctors.net.uk website is well known in the medical community. Its online services started 20 years ago, in 1998! Since then it has retained its core features of providing email accounts and also an online...
Zeiss field machines, public Wi-Fi risks and IoT scanning
1 April 2017
| David Haider
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EYE - Imaging
End of support for old field machines Zeiss have recently announced that they are withdrawing support contracts for many of their older 7 series Humphrey Field Analysers (HFAs) in November 2017. They have confirmed maintenance contracts can continue, but repairs...
OrCam MyEye – innovative sight assistance (Part 2)
4 August 2021
| David Haider
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EYE - General
Following on from Part 1 of this topic, we will cover the remaining features, pricing and support of the OrCam MyEye. Facial and person identification The MyEye Pro can be taught to recognise up to 150 individuals (or 75 if...
The Re-humanising Revolution: Breaking the conspiracy of silence
3 June 2020
| Hayley Allan
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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...
