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Visual impairment in patients with glaucoma
1 February 2014
| Nana Theodorou
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EYE - Glaucoma
This retrospective observational study assessed the prevalence of end-of-life visual impairment in patients with glaucoma. A total of 122 deceased patients followed for glaucoma were included and data was collected from patient notes. Sixty-one patients had open-angle glaucoma and 61...
Childhood blindness and visual impairment in the Narayani Zone of Nepal
Up to 50% of childhood blindness is preventable or treatable, and its control is a high priority in the VISION 2020 initiative of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. In this study, the authors utilised the rapid assessment...
Risk factors for visual impairment in facial nerve palsy
Facial nerve palsy (FNP) is known to be associated with corneal exposure due to the nature of the condition, but how many of those will go on to develop severe visual impairment (SVI)? This study investigates the risk factors associated...
Association of sleep problems in children with visual impairment
The intention of this study was to investigate sleep problems in children who had a wide range of visual impairments. Recruitment was via an online survey distributed through the National Federation of Blind and National Organisation for Albinism and Hypopigmentation,...
Detection of post stroke visual impairment in variety of cohorts
1 December 2021
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Reproducible, Stroke, incidence, prevalence, vision
The Impact of Visual Impairment after Stroke (IVIS) study introduced a standardised vision assessment protocol across three acute stroke units in the northwest of England, with a similar demographic population (predominantly white British). The study reported similar rates of visual...
Dementia and visual impairment: what is the relationship and are we providing the best care?
Carla Maden discusses the implications of living with both dementia and visual impairment, and how general medical junior doctors and ophthalmologists can help to alleviate this burden and improve the quality of life of such patients. Dementia and visual impairment...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...
Simulating the visual impairment symptoms of age-related macular degeneration in virtual reality
5 June 2023
| Cameron R M Wilson, Ian Underwood, Baljean Dhillon (Prof)
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
A new virtual reality application visually simulates age-related macular degeneration and demonstrates its progression over time including some Charles Bonnet syndrome hallucinations. Introduction Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries with the prevalence of...
Treatment for post stroke visual impairment – clinical practice versus literature evidence
1 April 2018
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Management, stroke, treatment, vision, visual impairment
The aim of this paper is to compare the treatments reported in a large scale stroke study (Vision in stroke (VIS) Study) against the treatments identified in a full systematic literature review. The purpose was to identify which treatment /...
What characteristics are linked with adolescent blindness and severe visual impairment
The authors present a retrospective cohort analysis which aimed to characterise the risk factors for adolescents being blind or severely visually impaired. The publicly available National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) was used as the data source and...Post-stroke visual impairment: how big is the problem, how do we identify it, what we can do about it, and why does it matter?
1 December 2022
| Lauren R Hepworth
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EYE - General
In the UK, 100,000 new strokes occur each year, with 1.3 million stroke survivors [1]. This article will focus on post-stroke visual impairment, discussing topics of how common it is, how it can be detected, possible management options and how...
Unique exhibition conveys experience of visual impairment
20 October 2021
The exhibition ‘Windows of the Soul’, part of the Bloomsbury Festival in London, has been pioneered by a combination of young scientists, clinicians and artists, some of whom are visually impaired themselves.
