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F M Recchia

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PubMed2000

Systemic disorders associated with retinal vascular occlusion.

Occlusions of the retinal arterial and venous circulations are common causes of severe visual decline and can affect all age groups. Acute retinal arterial obstruction is often associated with critical cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease that may require systemic treatment. Retinal venous obstruction may be the presentation of significant systemic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and a greater risk for cardiovascular morbidity. Additional metabolic and hematologic abnormalities have been identified in patients with retinal occlusive disease. The authors review recent advances in the study of systemic conditions associated with retinal vascular occlusions and offer guidelines for appropriate medical evaluation of patients with retinal occlusive disease.

Blood Coagulation↗
PubMed2000

Endophthalmitis after pediatric strabismus surgery.

OBJECTIVE: To report 6 cases of endophthalmitis after pediatric strabismus surgery. METHODS: Retrospective review of initial signs, clinical findings, treatment, culture results, and visual and anatomical outcomes in 6 eyes of 6 children treated at 2 tertiary care institutions between 1983 and 1998. RESULTS: Four boys and 2 girls aged 8 months to 6 years (median age, 2 years) developed lethargy and asymmetric eye redness, with or without eyelid swelling or fever, within 4 days of surgery. At diagnosis (median, postoperative day 6) clinical findings included periorbital swelling, redness and leukocoria due to vitritis, and, in some cases, hypopyon. Treatment included pars plana vitrectomy and intravitreal and systemic antibiotics in all cases. Vitreous cultures grew Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Staphylococcus aureus. Within 6 months of strabismus surgery, visual acuity was no light perception in all eyes and 3 eyes had been enucleated. The 3 remaining eyes were prephthisical. CONCLUSIONS: Endophthalmitis after pediatric strabismus surgery is rare. Children may not recognize or verbalize symptoms. Causative organisms are virulent. Visual and anatomical outcomes are poor. Lethargy, asymmetric eye redness, eyelid swelling, or fever in the postoperative period, even if initial postoperative examination results are normal, should prompt urgent ocular examination. The diagnosis of endophthalmitis may be made when biomicroscopic or indirect ophthalmoscopic examination confirms the presence of vitreous opacification with or without hypopyon. Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:939-944

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗
PubMed1998

Ocular manifestations of diabetes.

Diabetes mellitus is a significant cause of visual morbidity worldwide. Progress continues in the identification of cellular elements involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic eye disease. Most notable is a greater elucidation of the role of vascular endothelial growth factor. Studies on the epidemiology and clinical course of diabetic eye disease provide a basis for examination, prognosis, and treatment of affected patients.

Biomarkers↗