purpose: to report a case of subretinal fibrosis and uveitis (sfu) in a young man. patient and findings: a 31-year-old man presented with decreased vision without redness or pain or any systemic finding. clinical findings included decreased visual acuity to 3 m cf and trace cell and flare in the anterior chamber and anterior vitreous. there were findings compatible with multifocal choroiditis t...

Background: The purpose of this study was to report the anatomical and functional outcomes in surgical treatment retinal detachment (RD) pediatric patients suffering from Marfan (MFS) Stickler syndrome (SS). Material methods: Retrospective consecutive case series eight eyes four with SS MFS. Retinal reattachment visual acuity, as well complications procedures have been evaluated during follow-u...

There has been a growing realisation that good resource planning requires effective measurement of surgical workload by good surgical audit. This paper examines the general surgical workload at the Army's tertiary referral centre, utilising the ratio of operative workload expressed as Intermediate Equivalents to total Service Equivalent Value of a Surgical team. A suggested format to enable inc...

Nurses (ACEN), the organization of chief nurse executives of teaching hospitals across Canada, has agreed on this position statement on nursing workload. In a previous issue of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, Affonso et al. (2003) identified workload as a significant issue for nurses in delivering processes of care in a way that supports patient safety. We cannot underestimate the i...

In a study of referrals to East Anglian hospitals 737 referrals in six specialties from three general practices were examined to see how accurately the hospital computer master index had identified the referring practice, the referring general practitioner and the doctor with whom the patient was registered. Although the practice was accurately identified by the hospital computer in 97% of refe...

OBJECTIVE To identify clinical predictive factors for visual outcome in a large series of patients who underwent plaque radiotherapy for uveal melanoma. DESIGN Clinical factors, including patient data, tumor features, and radiation variables, were analyzed for their impact on visual acuity using Cox proportional hazards regression models. PARTICIPANTS Patients with uveal melanoma and initia...

Introduction: It is an essential activity to quantify the Radiation Oncology Medical Physics (ROMP) workload for a safe, secure and progressive department. Due to the most recent development at Reza radiotherapy and Oncology Centre (RROC), a workload calculator tool is provided.   Materials and Methods: The Project was performed in different sections includin...

Purpose: To compare the impact of induced astigmatism with four different types of multifocal intraocular lenses (MIOLs). Method: Prospective, comparative, interventional, mono-centered study, including 80 eyes of patients with implantation of four different MIOLs: AcrySof ReSTOR +2.5 D (20 eyes), AcrySof ReSTOR +3.0 D (20 eyes), AcrySof Panoptix (20 eyes) (Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth,...

IMPORTANCE Hospitalist physicians face increasing pressure to maximize productivity, which may undermine the efficiency and quality of care. OBJECTIVE To determine the association between hospitalist workload and the efficiency and quality of inpatient care. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 20,241 admissions of inpatients cared for by a private ...