Comanagement News

A 49-year-old African American female presented for a comprehensive exam secondary to blurry vision at distance with her habitual spectacle prescription from her last comprehensive eye exam, 2 years prior. After further questioning, the change was described as insidious, occurring at all distances, and more pronounced in the right eye.

SEATTLE – A retrospective analysis has found that 3 months after laser trabeculoplasty, 60% of open-angle glaucoma patients were prescribed at least one topical glaucoma medication.

SEATTLE – Researchers reported here at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting that a thicker retinal nerve fiber layer was associated with better performance on the mini mental state examination and reaction time.

April is a transition month. As a long-term resident of the Northeast, the changes that take place around me in April are astounding. The grass turns from a dull greyish brown to a vivid green. The trees turn from lifeless skeletons to vibrant rich tentacles of color and fragrance. The days are longer and warmer and people are outside walking, biking and getting ready for summer.

One-year efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty in controlling intraocular pressure was limited in patients with maximal-tolerable medical therapy, according to a study.

My last two blogs addressed how the blue light discussion has progressed from fringe to more mainstream, and I covered supplements, lenses, lighting, digital screens and retinal damage.

NEW YORK – Do not wait for a patient to say he or she has dry eye; assess his or her risk and symptoms and proactively explore the diagnosis, according to a presenter here at the Ocular Surface Disease and Wellness Symposium, held during Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – Here at the Vision Expo East Ocular Surface Disease and Wellness Symposium, which was co-sponsored by Primary Care Optometry News, PCON Editorial Board member Marc R. Bloomenstein, OD, FAAO, urged clinicians to be proactive in preparing the ocular surface for surgery well in advance of the procedure.

“Interprofessional education is an important pedagogical shift in advancing health professional education in the 21st century with the appealing premise that once health care professionals work as a collaborative team, patients receive better care,” Len V. Koh, PhD, OD, MBA, FAAO, and Joshua Baker, MS, OD, told Primary Care Optometry News in an interview.

Just the other day a long-term patient presented with acute onset diplopia. While her demographic profile and clinical findings were consistent with a subtle ischemic sixth nerve palsy, my differential diagnosis was complicated by a previous diagnosis of Graves’ disease-related orbitomyopathy. While her Graves’ was well managed, it did cause me to pause.