December 23rd 2022
The study aims to understand how SARS-CoV-2 affects the eyes and whether it could serve as a virus infection route.
EURETINA LIVE: Research focuses on retinal issues following COVID-19 infection
September 4th 2022A study detailed at the 22nd EURETINA Congress in Hamburg, Germany, documented a spectrum of manifestations following COVID-19 infections in an otherwise immunocompetent patient presenting at a tertiary care center.
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ICYMI: Social media as a tool to navigate the choppy seas of personal development
September 4th 2022Researchers have found that social media use among physicians jumped during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the role it plays in networking, mentorship and support among ophthalmologists remains unknown.
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COVID-19 transmission and wearing eyeglasses: The jury is still out on protective effect
August 30th 2022The debate continues about the protective effect of eyeglasses against contracting the COVID-19 virus. Researchers from Denmark reported that their results were inconclusive regarding whether wearing eyeglasses is linked with a decreased risk of COVID-19 infections.
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Digital patient engagement tackles the labor crisis, improves the patient experience
May 16th 2022For health care workers, the pandemic has led to increased burnout, concerns about workplace safety, and staffing shortages that threaten not only patient care but also the entire provider ecosystem.
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During a presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology’s 2022 annual meeting in Denver, Yuichi Hori, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that taping the top border of a surgical mask to a clinicians’ skin reduces the potential for ocular surface damage resulting from expirations of air reaching the ocular surface during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Decreased retinal vascular density linked to moderate/severe COVID-19 pneumonia
March 23rd 2022Investigators have questioned the potential for the vascular density to be a biomarker for microvascular abnormalities following COVID-19 and found that longitudinal studies are needed to determine this.
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COVID-19 associated with a Purtscher-like retinopathy
February 23rd 2022Investigators at the Eye Clinic, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, found that the appearance of the retina and optic disc was associated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Study finds differences in pupillary sizes between active, resolved COVID-19 cases
January 7th 2022The investigators believe that, based on their findings, the impact of COVID-19 on the autonomous nervous system warrants further prospective studies and assessment of pupillary function might be a useful test for determining autonomic dysfunction.
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Myocarditis/myopericarditis associated with COVID-19 vaccinations
December 20th 2021A team of Danish investigators have found an increased link between the Moderna vaccination and development of myocarditis or myopericarditis. Meanwhile, the Pfizer vaccination was found to have a significantly increased risk of cardiac adverse effects only among women.
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