OBJECTIVE To report the subjective and objective improvement in vision in a patient with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa after transplantation of a sheet of fetal neural retina together with its retinal pigment epithelium. DESIGN A sheet of fetal neural retina with its retinal pigment epithelium was transplanted into the subretinal space under the fovea unilaterally in a patient with ...

The oncology clinics use different nursing care delivery models to provide chemotherapy treatment to cancer patients. Functional and primary care delivery models are the most commonly used methods in the clinics. In functional care delivery model, patients are scheduled for a chemotherapy appointment without considering availabilities of individual nurses, and nurses are assigned to patients ac...

Abstract Background Visual acuity is commonly used as a functional outcome measure in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), despite having weak correlation self-perceived visual quality of life. Microperimetry useful method detecting loss function. We wanted to investigate the relationship between these two objective measures and subjective vision-related life, finding out which...

The Joint Commission recently reversed its prior authorization of the use of secure clinical texting to issue patient care orders, now again prohibiting texting of orders. However, the potential sole or exclusive use of clinical texts to transmit other patient care information beyond care orders still poses a risk to patient safety in high acuity care because of text transmission delays resulti...

BACKGROUND Neonatal units' volume of activity, and other quantitative and qualitative variables, such as staffing, workload, work environment, care organization and geographical location, may influence the outcome of high risk newborns. Data about the distribution of these variables and their relationships among Italian neonatal units are lacking. METHODS Between March 2010-April 2011, 63 neo...

OBJECTIVES This article explores the potential of discrete event simulation (DES) methods to advance system-level investigation of emergency department (ED) operations. To this end, the authors describe the development and operation of Emergency Department SIMulation (EDSIM), a new platform for computer simulation of ED activity at a Level 1 trauma center. The authors also demonstrate one poten...

Abstract Background Hospitalized patients with diabetic foot infections (DFI) are commonly stable upon admission and lack signs of sepsis, necrotizing fasciitis, critical limb ischemia, or bacteremia. Patients admitted for key components DFI care: non-urgent procedures source control; radiographic imaging; cultures; consultation infectious diseases (ID), podiatry, vascular surgery; peripherally...

PURPOSE To compare development of acuity in patients with isolated infantile nystagmus and infantile nystagmus associated with a visual sensory defect. METHODS Visual acuities in 57 children (1 month to 4 years of age) with infantile nystagmus were assessed by using Teller acuity cards oriented vertically during binocular viewing. Twenty-two had isolated infantile nystagmus, 21 had albinism, ...

BACKGROUND GPs report the lowest levels of morale among doctors, job satisfaction is low, and the GP workforce is diminishing. Workload is frequently cited as negatively impacting on commitment to a career in general practice, and many GPs report that their workload is unmanageable. AIM To gather an in-depth understanding of GPs' perceptions and attitudes towards workload. DESIGN AND SETTIN...