Hydroxychloroquine sulfate (HCQ, Plaquenil) is an analogue of chloroquine (CQ), an antimalarial agent, used for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune disorders. Its use has been associated with severe retinal toxicity, requiring a discontinuation of therapy. Because it presents potential secondary effects including irreversible maculopathy, kno...

I am writing this letter to discuss a very important issue that we face in Ophthalmology training in the current day scenario in our country. India is home to a quarter of the blind population of the world, but unfortunately, the number of trained ophthalmologists is lagging behind the current need.[1,2] Our country needs 25,000–30,000 ophthalmologists till 2020, which means adding 300 training...

G optic neuritis is still somewhat of a management puzzle for ophthalmologists despite two excellent studies in recent years, says Anthony C. Arnold, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Chief of the Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology, and Director of the Optic Neuropathy Center at the Jules Stein Eye Institute. “Whether to treat typical monosymptomatic optic neuritis with steroids or not has always be...

Who are the ophthalmologists of the future? How will the new generation practice? How will they interact with their professional organizations? What part will technology play in their lives and professions? A new paradigm is in place that will dramatically affect ophthalmologists' answers to these questions going forward. Given the uncertainty of our future professional lives, it is vital that ...

purpose: to assess the english language competence of iranian ophthalmologists and their points of view regarding the need for and importance of holding ophthalmologic congresses in english.   methods: a descriptive-analytic, cross sectional study was conducted during the 17th iranian ophthal-mology congress, tehran. data collection was performed via a standard self administered question-naire....

Objective: To investigate the level of awareness ophthalmologists towards COVID-19 and their perceptions infection control in ophthalmic practice. Methods: A web-based survey was conducted using Google Forms during month December 2020. All practicing Sudan were invited to participate study. Participants who did not agree terms electronic consent form presented at beginning questionnaire as well...

PURPOSE To demonstrate the importance of collaboration between ophthalmologists and internists. DESIGN Cryoglobulinemia is a systemic vascularite. Ophthalmologic complications are rare and not well known. Purtscher-like retinopathy may occur in this context. CASE REPORT We report the case of a patient who presented a severe visual loss in the course of a hepatitis C. The ophthalmic examinat...