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S S Wickremasinghe

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PubMed2006

A comparison of HRT II and GDx imaging for glaucoma detection in a primary care eye clinic setting.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the performance of the HRT II (Heidelberg retinal tomograph) and GDx (glaucoma detection) retinal nerve fibre analyzer in GDx when used in the primary care eye clinic setting for glaucoma screening. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study was prospective, cross-sectional, and hospital-based. One-hundred and twelve patients, 59 women and 53 men with a mean age of 57.8 years (range 18-85 years), had consecutive HRT II disc imaging and GDx retinal nerve fiber layer analysis. The Moorfield's regression classification and the 'GDx number' were used to predict the likelihood of glaucoma. A separate clinician, masked to the instrument results determined a definitive diagnosis, based on clinical examination. The extent of agreement between instrument prediction and the clinician diagnosis of glaucoma was examined by generating sensitivity and specificity tables. RESULTS: The HRT II had a sensitivity of 0.79 (95% CI: 0.60-0.92) and a specificity of 0.70 (95% CI: 0.60-0.78). The positive predictive value of the HRT II was 0.43 (95% CI: 0.29-0.57). Using a GDx number of 50 as 'cutoff' for glaucoma detection, the GDx had a sensitivity of 0.80 (95% CI: 0.59-0.93) and a specificity of 0.72 (95% CI: 0.61-0.80), with a positive predictive value of 0.43 (95% CI: 0.28-0.59). CONCLUSIONS: For glaucoma detection, neither the HRT II nor the GDx are effective as stand-alone screening devices in the primary care setting.

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PubMed2003

Visual perception during phacoemulsification cataract surgery under subtenons anaesthesia.

AIM: The aim of this study was to record the subjective visual experience of patients during phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation under subtenons anaesthesia. METHODS: Prospective, nonrandomised, cohort, postoperative questionnaire based study. Patients selected underwent routine phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation under regional subtenons anaesthesia. chi(2) and Fisher's exact tests (two-tail) were used to evaluate the data. RESULTS: A total of 104 patients were selected, 38 (36.5%) were male and 66 (63.5%) were female. The mean age of patients was 74.0+/-8.8 years. In all, 87.5% saw light during the operation with 9.6% finding this painful. Photophobia was highest among younger patients (P=0.002). Coloured lights were seen by 56.7% and 13.5% found the visual experience frightening. Frightening visual experiences were significantly associated with the perception of colour (P=0.005) and photophobia (P=0.003). A volume of anaesthetic greater than 4 m was associated with a significant reduction in anxiety as a result of the visual experience (P=0.003). None of the other visual phenomena recorded were associated with a frightening visual experience. CONCLUSIONS: Patients undergoing regional anaesthesia experience a wide variety of visual sensations during cataract surgery. Perception of colour and volumes of anaesthetic less than 4 m appear to be associated with the visual experience being more frightening. Detailed preoperative counselling is mandatory. It should include comprehensive information about visual perception during the procedure relieving the patients from unnecessary distress.

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