High dose aflibercept reduced treatment burden in patients with diabetic macular edema
1. Aflibercept 8 mg was non-inferior to 2 mg for best-corrected visual acuity at 48 weeks. 2. Ocular adverse events ...
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Retinopathy of prematurity may account for a large proportion of childhood blindness in the United States
1. In a cross-sectional study using a large clinical registry, retinopathy of prematurity was the most common cause of blindness ...
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Non-ophthalmologists diagnose CMV retinitis with reasonable accuracy
1. For non-experts, sensitivity in diagnosing CMV retinitis ranged from 64.0% to 95.5% and specificity ranged from 65.6% to 92.5%. 2. When compared ...
Statin use linked to increased risk of cataracts
Image: PD 1. Statin use was associated with a higher risk of cataract formation (OR 1.09; p=0.01). Length of statin ...
Blindness and visual impairment decreasing worldwide
Image: PD 1. As of 2010, approximately 32 million people (0.5% of the world’s population) were blind, 60% of which ...
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