Pediatrics

Any sport involving a racquet or stick, ball, or bodily contact presents a risk of serious eye injury.

Any sport involving a racquet or stick, ball, or bodily contact presents a risk of serious eye injury.

Lausanne, Switzerland-The presentation of temporal arteritis can vary, so ophthalmologists sometimes fail to diagnose this vision-threatening disease in a timely fashion.

Topical anti-allergic medications do not induce the ocular drying characteristic of systemic antihistamines.

Philadelphia-Cerebrovascular dissection represents a life-and-death situation for the patient. Ophthalmologists should be able to recognize this potentially catastrophic diagnosis and initiate emergent treatment, said Nicholas Volpe, MD.

It’s sometimes challenging being a child who wears glasses, so a few cool accessories can turn the experience into a more enjoyable one.

The pediatric eyewear market may be a rewarding and lucrative off-shoot for ophthalmologists who have already chosen to include a dispensary in their practices. Robert S. Gold, MD, of Eye Physicians of Central Florida, Orlando, offers this advice about including pediatric and youth eyewear in a busy ophthalmologic practice.

This IOL has no spherical aberration and will therefore not add to any pre-existing higher-order aberrations.

Oklahoma City-When patients with strabismus or diplopia present, ophthalmologists question if the condition is a congenital or an acquired neurologic disease and if imaging or any other tests are needed. R. Michael Siatkowski, MD, differentiated among the various possibilities.

Accessories are a crucial part of the optical dispensary. Not only do accessories improve sales with little overhead cost, they also tell your patients that you can help them with all of their eyewear need

The FDA has approved Merck Human Health's dorzolomide HCI (Trusopt) ophthalmic solution 2% for use in pediatric patients. The drug is used to treat elevated IOP in patients with ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma.

William Halstead is justifiably given credit for popularizing and spreading the value and the virtue of surgical gloves around the world.

Fort Worth, TX-A nasal formulation of olopatadine HCl ophthalmic solution 0.1% (Patanol, Alcon) reduced seasonal allergic rhinitis symptoms compared with placebo, according to phase III study results.

Irvine, CA-India-based Lupin Pharmaceuticals will promote gatifloxacin ophthalmic solution 0.3% (Zymar, Allergan) in the pediatric specialty area in the United States.

In addition to preventing allergic symptoms, an eye drop helps to improve the quality of the ocular surface.

Rapid relief, good safety profile, long-term efficacy are advantages for highly effective drugs

Dublin-The FDA has classified a new microplasmin compound for use in pediatric vitrectomy as an orphan drug.

Therapy may begin with aggressive use of topical steroids, then systemic NSAIDs

Approach helped improve visual acuity in children with moderate strabismic or anisometropic amblyopia

One of the few success stories in pediatric oncology, retinoblastomahas ridden scientific and therapeutic advances to a near-100% survival,a 180-degree turnabout from a century ago, said the 2004 recipient of MildredWeisenfeld Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology.

Among the 233 sessions dedicated to retina, almost 75 are free papersand symposia sessions. The Editorial Advisory Board of OphthalmologyTimes reviewed the retina abstracts to be presented at this year's meeting.Some of the board's selections are highlighted here.

Rochester, MN-In young children with severe amblyopia, 6 hours of prescribed patching per day appears to be as effective as full-time prescribed patching when both are combined with 1 hour of near activity, according to the recently published results of the Amblyopia Treatment Study of patching regimens for severe amblyopia.

Morgantown, WV-Amblyopia due to stimulus deprivation differs from other forms of amblyopia in several ways. Research relating to deprivation amblyopia has resulted in increased understanding of the anatomic changes of amblyopia, guidance for treatment of amblyopia in general, and an improved definition of the concept of a critical period of visual development, said Terry L. Schwartz, MD.

Miami-Treating glaucoma in pregnant patients requires additional considerations. Patients with glaucoma should be advised that, although the risk to the fetus and patient is low, treatment is not without risk.

Baltimore-The use of systemic medications in uveitis therapy often is associated with superior outcomes, and the best results are likely when physicians adhere to proper dosing techniques and closely monitor patients for side effects, said Douglas A. Jabs, MD, MBA.