Background/aims: Few studies have reported on the change in visual acuity (VA) in patients with choroideraemia. In order to determine the degree and rate of VA impairment associated with this disease, the central VA was analysed in a large group of patients with choroideraemia. Methods: The authors completed a retrospective, cross sectional review of 115 patients with choroideraemia from three ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Few studies have reported on the change in visual acuity (VA) in patients with choroideraemia. In order to determine the degree and rate of VA impairment associated with this disease, the central VA was analysed in a large group of patients with choroideraemia. METHODS The authors completed a retrospective, cross sectional review of 115 patients with choroideraemia from three ...

Blood concentration of vitamin A (VA), which is present as different molecules, i.e., mainly retinol and provitamin A carotenoids, plus retinyl esters in the postprandial period after a VA-containing meal, is affected by numerous factors: dietary VA intake, VA absorption efficiency, efficiency of provitamin A carotenoid conversion to VA, VA tissue uptake, etc. Most of these factors are in turn ...

CONTEXT Some veterans are eligible to enroll simultaneously in a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan and the Veterans Affairs health care system (VA). This scenario produces the potential for redundant federal spending because MA plans would receive payments to insure veterans who receive care from the VA, another taxpayer-funded health plan. OBJECTIVE To quantify the prevalence of dual enrollment i...

Background: Acute-phase patients sometimes require hemodialysis therapy without vascular access (VA) present on admission. These patients require VA creation to continue hemodialysis after discharge. The risk of early VA failure in acute-phase conditions is considered high due to the unstable nature of the patients’ condition. Hence, optimal timing of VA creation is not established. Methods: Th...

PURPOSE To determine the relationship between the size of a halo induced by a glare source and forward scatter or visual acuity (VA) in healthy eyes. METHOD Measurements were made in the right eyes of 51 healthy individuals of mean age 29.3 ± 7.5 years. Halo radius was measured using the Vision Monitor and low luminance (1 cd/m(2)) optotypes presented at a distance of 2.5 m. The visual angle ...