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How to examine the visual system Part 2: Accommodation, pupils, fundoscopy and additional tests
1 August 2014
| Emma Linton, Apostolos Fotakakis
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Examining the visual system can be a tricky skill for medical students to master, yet it is a task that is frequently tested in examinations. This is the second of a two-part series of articles, which together aim to improve...
Lessons from an unusual case of syphilis
3 August 2023
| Ryian Mohamed, Shaman Dolly, Jonathan Than, Shweta Anand
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The rise of syphilis transmission rates over the past two decades has been one of public health’s great puzzles. In the UK, the situation has reached epidemic levels, with a 126% increase between 2013 and 2018 [1]. We present a...
Johnson & Johnson announces lead vaccine candidate for COVID-19
30 March 2020
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COVID-19
Johnson & Johnson has announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate and the rapid scaling of its manufacturing capacity with the goal of providing global supply of more than one billion doses.
Clinical relevance of the anatomic classification of neovascular age-related macular degeneration
The author explains why an OCT-based classification of neovascular AMD is needed and how these neovascular subtypes may help to predict patients’ long-term visual outcome. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative process involving the macula in...Discussing treatment modalities for bilateral wet AMD
1 December 2014
| Marie Tsaloumas, Bushra Mushtaq
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
A 65-year-old lady with bilateral wet AMD and vision of 6/24 comes with an internet search about current therapies. How do you explain the various treatment modalities available? There are two NICE approved treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD)....
UK Paediatric Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting 2025
24 January 2025
by Hussain Aluzri, Junior Glaucoma Cinical Research Fellow, Birmingham Midland Eye Centre, UK. The UKPGS 2025 conference was another resounding success, held on 24 January 2025 at the Cavendish Conference Centre, London. The event commenced with an opening address by...
A new observation point: updating the nomenclature and classification with OCT
The evolution of ophthalmic imaging technologies has been particularly rapid over the last few years. The author provides an update of the current terms for common signs and pathologies observed using optical coherence tomography. My experience as an ophthalmic technician,...
Childhood blindness and visual impairment in the Narayani Zone of Nepal
1 April 2020
| Patty Mopamboli Mboli
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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...
Using contrast acuity and rapid number naming in Huntington’s disease
4 February 2021
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Huntington disease, King-Devick test, contrast sensitivity, eye movements, saccades
This study aimed to evaluate afferent and efferent visual function in Huntington’s disease (HD). HD is often portrayed by abnormal saccadic eye movements and afferent visual pathway involvement however these are poorly characterised and difficult to quantify at the bedside....
Control of diabetic retinopathy after bariatric surgery
3 June 2021
| Tasmin Berman
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This systemic review and meta-analysis assessed prevalence of diabetic retinopathy including sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy after surgery. They included 14 studies with 110,300 surgical patients and 252,289 control subjects. They proposed that the risk of having any form of diabetic retinopathy...
High rate of conversion from ocular hypertension to glaucoma in subjects with uveitis
3 April 2023
| Jonathan Chan
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Glaucoma
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glaucoma, infection, inflammation, treatment medical, treatment surgery
This is a retrospective study from Auckland over a 10-year period. A total of 188 eyes of 139 subjects with either ocular hypertension (OH) or uveitic glaucoma (UG) were included for analysis with a mean follow up of 9.9 years....
High rate of conversion from ocular hypertension (OH) to glaucoma (UG) in subjects with uveitis
5 June 2023
| Jonathan Chan
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Glaucoma
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glaucoma, infection, inflammation, treatment medical, treatment surgery
This is a retrospective study from Auckland over a 10-year period including 188 eyes of 139 subjects with either OH or UG and were included for analysis with a mean follow-up of 9.9 years. The most common uveitis causes were...
