Prostaglandins-like analogues Prostaglandins analogues like Latanoprost‚ Travoprost and Bimatoprost work by increasing the aqueous humor outflow at the uveoscleral area. They reduce the intraocular pressure by 25% to 35%. They should be administer once a day during the bed time. Side effects of these medications include conjunctival hyperemia‚ blurred vision‚ eyelash growth‚ red eye and irreversible discoloration of the iris more evident in the users of Latanoprost. As a special consideration‚ Travoprost
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given an abstract view of the article1. I was directed to the “SMJ: Singapore Medical Journal” where I was able to read the article in full text. The article1 was based on a study of the patients served by Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s emergency ophthalmology department. Statistics1 showed the main contributing group of affected patients were non-residents which accounted for more than 90% of the patients as Singapore has the highest proportion of foreign workers in Asia. The analysis amplified the
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LASIK Surgery By: Marcia Miller General Purpose: To Inform Specific Goal: To inform my audience about LASIK surgery and the risks and benefits of associated with it. Thesis Statement: LASIK eye surgery can be beneficial to some individuals. There are however‚ complications that can come from having the surgery done. I will explain what LASIK surgery is and explore the benefits and risks associated with LASIK surgery. Preview: I will explain what is done when you have LASIK surgery
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CASE 17 Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute: Competing in the LASIK Eye Surgery Market* Dr. Mark Everett‚ clinic coordinator and optometric physician (OP) of the Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute (PCLI) office in Spokane‚ Washington‚ looked at the ad that Vancouver‚ Canada-based Lexington Laser Vision (LLV) had been running in the Spokane papers and shook his head. This was not the first ad nor the only clinic advertising low-priced LASIK eye surgeries. Dr. Everett just could not believe that
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Cataracts Subject: Solutions to the problem of Cataracts. Cataracts is a condition that affects the eye due to an opacity of the internal focusing lens that can cause visual impairment due to light not being able to reach the retina. It is due to irreversible structural changes to the order of the fibres that the lens is made from due to coagulation and denaturing of the lens fibres. [9] It affects image clarity and causes a decline in image detail. However it almost never causes complete blindness
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knowledge of ophthalmology (specifically on the ocular fundus). 2. To further his studies in science and languages. 3. To observe conditions of the German nation. 4. To associate with famous German scientists and scholars. 5. To finish his novel Noli Me Tangere. Universitäts Augenklinik – what Rizal knew then as the most important centre of advanced ophthalmic research in Germany. Dr. Otto Becker – a great German oculist where Rizal studied with him in the field of ophthalmology. Wilhelm
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References: Zadnik K‚ Mutti DO. Biology of the eye as an optical system. In: Tasman W‚ Jaeger EA‚ eds. Duane ’s Ophthalmology On DVD-ROM. 1st ed. Philadelphia‚ Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012: chap 34. Whitmore WG‚ Curtin BJ. The optics of myopia. In: Tasman W‚ Jaeger EA‚ eds. Duane ’s Ophthalmology On DVD-ROM. 1st ed. Philadelphia‚ Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012: chap 42.
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that this wasn’t his passion. He enrolled himself medical school at Otago University in New Zealand‚ where he decided to become an eye doctor. In 1961‚ Fred moved to Moorfields in the United Kingdom to study ophthalmology. In 1965‚ Fred moved to Australia to become a Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of New South Wales‚ in Sydney. Fred started his work in Australia and in 1971 and he and some others established the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern. For the next few years he worked
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Tear Syndrome With Lid Margin Disease and Abnormal Tear Distribution‚ 2006 44 Figure 13: Treatment Recommendations for Dry Eye Syndrome from the Management and Therapy Subcommittee‚ Dry Eye Workshop‚ 2007 45 Figure 14: American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Pattern for Dry Eye‚ 2011 46 Figure 15: Dry Eye Syndrome Therapeutics – Clinical Trials by Country‚ 2013
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eyeVISION 2020 INDIA (www.vision2020india.org) Thursday‚ 28 April 2011 BETTER PREVENTIVE AND CURATIVE HEALTHCARE DRAFT STRATEGY PAPER FOR The XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17) for elimination of Avoidable Blindness1 from India by working with the National Program for Control of Blindness (NPCB)‚ Ministry of Health and Family Welfare‚ Government of India and other stakeholders (including IAPB‚ WHO‚ AIOS‚ EBAI‚ COSI) Prepared by2 VISION 2020 INDIA XIIth Plan Team Contact Person: Dr Rajesh Noah
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