Rita Aghjayan

A study shows the link between ocular surface dryness and air conditioning, pollution, watching television, and surgery.

Investigators described a syndrome of cholangiopathy in patients recovering from severe COVID-19 with abnormal liver tests and bile duct injury.

Elevated IOP, cataracts are potential complications of corticosteroid therapy.

Investigators performed a retrospective analysis to compare COVID-19 vaccine outcomes in patients with IBD against those without.

The OCT-A application may be the only imaging modality necessary before and after surgical repair.

The findings suggest a complex pathogenesis of simple congenital ptosis.

Investigators assessed the comparative prevalence of microbial contaminants found on the touchscreen and posterior surfaces of smartphones owned by healthcare workers.

Ocular abnormalities associated with COVID-19 linked to microvascular retinal changes.

Balance between tissue absorbance and reflectivity may reach optimal balance around 29 µm to 49 µm below the RPE.

Researchers use swept-source OCT imaging to evaluate the effect of hemodialysis on ophthalmologic parameters in patients with end-stage kidney disease.

The 2021 MAGNIMS-CMSC-NAIMS provided updated consensus recommendations on MRI use in the management of multiple sclerosis.

Study shows the procedure, with or without amniotic membrane transplantation, can effectively treat approximately two-thirds of the cases.

Even among patients without diabetic retinopathy, researchers note a link between the electroretinogram and vascular dysfunction.

Because up to 65% of patients with asymptomatic Sjögren’s syndrome will have abnormal pulmonary imaging, pulmonologists can play a significant role in the diagnosis of Sjögren’s syndrome.

While ocular symptoms and signs were mostly unchanged in these participants, researchers say gut microbiome manipulation may yet play a role in immune-mediated dry eye treatment.

The majority of participants with nonproliferative and proliferative diabetic retinopathy had progesterone levels in the highest quartile.

Researchers assessed the sensitivity of ultrasound halo features and their association with disease activity and glucocorticoid treatment in patients with newly diagnosed giant cell arteritis.

A study shows no clinically significant independent effects of a prophylactic anti-inflammatory regimen.

Variants in the S gene of SARS-CoV-2 have raised concerns regarding trends in viral transmissibility, virulence, and potential evasion of current vaccines.

Patients rated prescriptions created using an autorefractor similar to those created with subjective refraction.

Study demonstrates the impact of lifestyle factors on the inflammatory condition.

Retinal hyperreflective round deposits, sublesional choroidal thickening, and sublesional retinal pigment epithelium elevation are key to diagnoses, the study shows.

The presence of coronavirus RNA in conjunctiva does highlight tears as a possible mode of disease transmission, the report suggests.

Disc hemorrhaging may be an important risk factor for the progression of glaucoma, researcher report.

A team of investigators conducted a cross-sectional study determine whether neurologic symptoms were caused directly by SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Macular holes that are small, trauma-induced, or those with cystic characteristics under treatment may not need surgical intervention, research shows.

Research shows the treatment provides swift recovery of inflammation from corneal fibres.

Verteporfin dosage significantly affected choroidal blood flow after photodynamic therapy procedure, a report shows.

The 10-year risk per T category is significantly greater for patients with particular findings.

The researchers say in a 5-patient case study, none saw complications using their techniques.