Journal Reviews archive for June 2024
Providing well-developed education materials can improve follow-up attendance for retinopathy of prematurity screening
he authors present a repeated measures study with parents of children at risk of developing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Inclusion criteria for the study was parents with children born at <32 weeks or with a birth weight under 1.5kg. Participants...
New grading description for ROP retinal changes for those meeting termination of vision screening guidelines
This study reports and characterises residual retinal changes seen in eyes that meet criteria for termination of acute retinal screening exams. A novel grading system was used in which retinal exams were graded A to E. ‘A’ was defined as...
Increase in myopia during the Covid-19 lockdown periods
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the Covid-19-related lockdown on myopia progression of school-aged children in Lebanon. The authors reviewed 443 records of myopic children aged 3–18 years (mean 11.81 ±3.67) presenting from January 2020...
Comprehensive review of inherited retinal diseases
The authors offer an up-to-date review of inherited retinal diseases (IRDs). In each section the authors discuss the molecular basis of disease, genotype and clinical manifestation. They also discuss the investigation findings and current evidence in the treatment of the...
Contrast sensitivity in myopic eyes
A classification system has been proposed for myopic maculopathy: grade 0 (no myopic retinal lesions), grade 1 (tessellated fundus), grade 2 (diffuse chorioretinal atrophy (CRA)), grade 3 (patchy CRA), and grade 4 (macular atrophy). Tessellated fundus is defined as the...
