{"title":"Management of retinal breaks and conditions predisposing to retinal detachment.","authors":"Petros E Carvounis, Eric R Holz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This update discusses the available evidence and provides recommendations regarding when to observe and when and how to treat prophylactically retinal breaks in eyes. These recommendations include eyes with conditions predisposing to rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, such as those with retinal degeneration, aphakia, fellow eyes of a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, or eyes of patients with inherited vitreoretinopathies.</p>","PeriodicalId":87396,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive ophthalmology update","volume":"7 1","pages":"13-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25987420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk of cataracts and glaucoma with inhaled steroid use in children.","authors":"Sailaja Nootheti, Leonard Bielory","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With the increasing use of inhaled corticosteroids as first-line therapy in the treatment of asthma, the adverse effects of these preparations have become the topic of much research in recent years. While it is known that orally administered steroids can have metabolic, musculoskeletal, dermatologic, hematologic, and ophthalmologic effects (inhaled corticosteroids have minimal reported hematologic or musculoskeletal effects, but have some effects on metabolic processes such as calcium metabolism), it is less understood whether or not, and at what doses, inhaled corticosteroids will effect the eye. A computerized literature search was performed to search for literature pertaining to the specific use of oral or inhaled (nasal or bronchial) steroids, adverse effects, side effects, long-term use, chronic use, glaucoma, ocular effects, and increased ocular pressure. The search focused on the effects of inhaled corticosteroids in both adults and children, but contained an emphasis on children; studies pertaining to the effects in children, however, are limited.</p>","PeriodicalId":87396,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive ophthalmology update","volume":"7 1","pages":"31-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25987290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comments on: Retinal complications of cataract surgery.","authors":"Andries A Stulting","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87396,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive ophthalmology update","volume":"7 1","pages":"11-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25987416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harry L S Knopf, Kristin Carter, Arghavan Almony, Matthew A Thomas
{"title":"Sudden loss of vision in a middle-aged woman.","authors":"Harry L S Knopf, Kristin Carter, Arghavan Almony, Matthew A Thomas","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87396,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive ophthalmology update","volume":"7 1","pages":"43-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25987292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retinal complications of cataract surgery.","authors":"Thucanh T Ho, Richard Kaiser, William E Benson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cataract surgery, like any surgical procedure, has associated complications. Acute retinal complications include globe perforation, dislocated lens fragments, hemorrhagic choroidal detachment, and endophthalmitis. Late retinal complications include retinal detachment, cystoid macular edema, and exacerbation of diabetic retinopathy and other retinal conditions. Proper and timely management of retinal complications from cataract surgery is crucial in maximizing visual outcomes. Many of the complications and current management strategies will be outlined in this review.</p>","PeriodicalId":87396,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive ophthalmology update","volume":"7 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25987417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comments on: Management of retinal breaks and conditions predisposing to retinal detachment.","authors":"Andries A Stulting","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87396,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive ophthalmology update","volume":"7 1","pages":"23-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25987419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Internet's role in patient/physician interaction: bringing our understanding in line with online reality.","authors":"Susan J Taub","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Internet has changed the way medical practitioners communicate and educate themselves and their patients. The Internet has provided enormous opportunity, but it has also led to complexity and uncertainty. We hope patients are intelligent partners in the management of their health, and we invite them to engage in the process of this management. Managed care has forced us to limit the length, depth, and frequency of patient encounters. Hopefully, patients will become more literate concerning their own conditions and their own bodies. They may lack medical knowledge and language. As a result, they may be drawn to online resources. Physicians often get angry or irritated when patients seek and retrieve information on their own. Our attempts to mediate patients' online activities can stress the patient/physician relationship. This could lead to misunderstandings, miscommunications, and fray an already fragile trust. There are many issues that accompany this cultural shift. We need to acknowledge the problem in order to achieve a resolution that is mutually satisfactory.</p>","PeriodicalId":87396,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive ophthalmology update","volume":"7 1","pages":"25-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25987423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}