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Attitudes to strabismus in an Ethiopian population
The authors conducted a community-based cross-sectional study in Gondar town (NW Ethiopia) in April 2019 of all eligible adults with a two-stage random sampling procedure for recruitment. Six hundred and two participants were included with a response rate of 94.9%...Natural history of idiopathic intracranial hypertension depending on incidental or symptomatic presentation
3 February 2023
| Lauren R Hepworth
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
The authors present a large retrospective review cohort of consecutive patients diagnosed or presumed idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) over a three-year period at a single tertiary centre. Patients on medication with a known aetiology for IIH were excluded. The cohort...
Features of childhood cases of sixth nerve palsy
Based on limited information available for cranial nerve palsies in children, the authors aimed to collect data on new onset paediatric sixth nerve palsies in a UK population. This was a retrospective study over 10 years for children aged <18...425,000 NHS patients use online GP registration service in first year
25 August 2023
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NHS, services, digital services, online, patient journey, register with a gp service
More than 425,000 patients have used a new national online service to register with a GP in its first year.
Glaucoma UK’s National Eye Health Week campaign highlights the significance of timely information in safeguarding eyesight
18 September 2023
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Glaucoma UK, National Eye Health Week, Joanne Creighton, campaign, learning, eyesight
Glaucoma UK’s campaign for National Eye Health Week 2023, which will run from 18-24 September, focuses on delivering essential bitesize information about glaucoma that can be read or viewed in under one minute.
Prisms to treat AACE
Of 128 patients reviewed with binocular dysfunction, 30 (23.4%) had acute acquired concomitant esotropia (AACE). These patients complained of sudden onset diplopia at distance with no or moderate problems at near. There was no previous history of strabismus. Mean age...The reps
1 August 2019
| Gwyn Samuel Williams
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EYE - General
Who are the reps? Every one of us knows the friendly face of the local randomprost eye drop representative or the nice man from that eye lubricant company. These company representatives travel up and down the region with a smile,...
Decoding the red eye
15 February 2021
| Vaishnavi Menon, Varshini Manoharan
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EYE - Cornea
Red eye, or hyperaemia, is one of the most common presentations to primary care [1] and the emergency department [2]. However, despite this the underlying cause is often misdiagnosed which can lead to severe, sight-threatening conditions being missed [1]. Thorough...
The orthoptic report – what does it all mean?
An orthoptist report may well look like a piece of Japanese Shodo, however, it does in fact contain some extremely useful information. This piece will briefly explain some of the common brush strokes seen on a report. There is some...Macular imagery: observing the visual sensations pre- and post-Jetrea injections
25 September 2021
| Marika Troiani, Manoj Kulshrestha, Gayathri Sreekanth
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
A 63-year-old woman, a professional painter, was diagnosed with vitreomacular traction (VMT) in 2017. She had a history of metamorphopsia, drop in visual acuity (VA) in the left eye (6/6 in the RE; 6/18 in the LE), foveal vitreomacular traction...
What's trending Dec/Jan 2025
4 December 2024
| Amit Dhalla
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #ChrisMcCausland #KeepDancing I wrote in my last article about how overjoyed I was to hear Chris McCausland was joining the Strictly...