PURPOSE To observe changes in fundus autofluorescence 2 years after implantation of blue light-filtering (yellow-tinted) and ultraviolet light-filtering (colorless) intraocular lenses (IOLs). SETTING Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerla...

Health technology The study assessed an organised screening programme for glaucoma at 5-year intervals in comparison with opportunistic case-finding (current practice). The examinations carried out in the screening arm were measurement of intraocular pressure, fundus evaluation, autorefraction and visual field examination. For positive cases, another test was carried out in order to confirm the...

A 14 year old boy underwent a 7 hour long spinal surgery for scoliosis in the prone position. In the immediate postoperative period, he developed right proptosis, periorbital swelling, chemosis and total ophthalmoplegia. The vision in his right eye was only counting fingers and the intraocular pressure was 68 mmHg. Fundus examination revealed occlusion of the right central retinal artery. A rar...

AIM To describe the relation between pulse rate and incident diabetic retinopathy. METHODS Population based cohort study of people with diabetes. Resting pulse rate was measured in 30 second intervals. Diabetic retinopathy was evaluated from masked gradings of fundus photographs. RESULTS People with higher pulse rates were more likely to have 4 year progression of retinopathy, progression t...

Globally, glaucoma is the major cause of visual impairment. It is a chronic eye disease in which optic nerve damages progressively due to the raised Intraocular Pressure (IOP) of the eye. The technique proposed in this paper allows automatic detection of the glaucoma using digital fundus image by extracting the features like vertical cup to disc ratio (CDR), its area ratio, horizontal to vertic...

PURPOSE Retinal vascular fractal dimension (D(f)) is a measure of the geometric complexity of the retinal microvasculature, and has been associated with diabetic retinopathy. In this study, the authors examined the relationship between blood pressure and retinal D(f) in children. METHODS Among 1174 children aged 10 to 14 years who participated in the Singapore Cohort Study of Risk Factors for...

Applying manual uterine fundal pressure is a maneuver performed to shorten the second stage of labor. This maneuver involves the application of manual pressure to the uppermost part of the uterus (uterine fundus) and directed towards the uterine axis. How often this maneuver is performed in routine obstetric practice is unclear; however, it is much more frequently performed in developing than d...