BACKGROUND Hyperlipidemia is an identified factor of premature vessel atherosclerosis. Lipemia retinalis is an unusual retinal manifestation of hyperlipidemia and is thought to be directly correlated with the serum triglyceride level. CASE REPORT This paper discusses the case of a 55-year-old patient with lipemia retinalis, which deteriorated his visual acuity. The patient had an extremely hi...

There is growing interest in the Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS). Recent publications report a possible link to brimonidine as a triggering factor1 and donepezil’s usefulness in treating this condition.2 Conventionally, CBS has been linked to aging and low visual acuity. However, it is not always associated with low visual acuity. This is a report on a case of a 71-year-old female patient, follow...

purpose: to report a case of hypotonous maculopathy after blunt trauma and its treatment. patient and findings: a 34-year-old woman presented with decreased visual acuity in her left eye following blunt trauma. right eye examination was unremarkable, but visual acuity of left eye was counting fingers. slit lamp biomicroscopy of the left eye was within normal limits, but on funduscopy, papilloma...

This paper presents the results of a one year survey of treated fields for 3 treatment machines at our New Jersey regional center. One machine predominantly treated IMRT prostate patients using a sliding window technique. The others were not equipped to deliver IMRT. Information obtained for each treated field included patient number, modality, monitor units delivered, gantry angle, and time. D...

We developed and piloted a methodology to establish TB related work load at primary care level for clinical and laboratory staff. Workload is influenced by activities to be implemented, time to perform them, their frequency and patient load. Of particular importance is the patient pathway for diagnosis and treatment and the frequency of clinic visits. Using observation with checklists, clocking...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between ambient workload and outcomes of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Measures of workload evaluated for each patient on each day of ICU admission were the number of new admissions, ICU census, "code blue" patients not admitted and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores and Multiple Organ Dysfun...

OBJECTIVE To determine the perceived value of attendance at an International AIDS Conference and attitudes towards the effect of patient attendance on the conference. DESIGN A confidential, self-administered questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS 102 physicians from the United Kingdom who attended the VIII International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam. RESULTS There was an 84% response rate. 50% report...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the clinical outcomes after the implantation of a new trifocal diffractive intraocular lens (IOL) combined with Enhanced depth of focus (EDOF) technology. METHODS The study enrolled 80 eyes of 40 patients who underwent cataract surgery with bilateral implantation of a diffractive trifocal IOL (Reviol Tri-ED) designed with a combination of enhanced depth of focus. Mean a...

Background and Objectives: Medication error is the most important factor threatening patient safety. While the causes of medication error are extensively researched in the public hospitals, the corresponding data from the private heath settings is limited. To help fill this shortcoming, this paper presents and discusses the results of surveying the medication error factors as perceived by nurse...