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/ November 2015

November 2015

Myopia Research: From the Margins to the Mainstream

Is an escalating epidemic moving myopia from an “optical inconvenience” to a crisis?

Want to Present at Next Year’s Meeting?

Expert tips for submitting a paper, poster, video, or instruction course abstract.

News from AAO 2015 and Subspecialty Day

Get news briefs from Academy Live.

The November CME supplement from MedEdicus can be found here: The Role of Ocular Perfusion Pressure in Glaucoma.

Ophthalmic Pearls

Aphakic and Pseudophakic Glaucoma After Congenital Cataract Surgery

Written By: Namratha Turlapati, MD, and Sarwat Salim, MD, FACS
Edited by Sharon Fekrat, MD, and Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH

Many children who had congenital cataract surgery as infants go on to develop glaucoma. An overview of risk factors, diagnosis, and management.

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Clinical Update

Be on the Lookout for Ocular Syphilis

Written By: Mary Wade, MJ, Contributing Writer
Interviewing Robyn N. Fanfair, MD, MPH, Gary N. Holland, MD, and Robert L. Murphy, MD

The CDC wants you to watch for ocular syphilis. Web Extra: Ocular features of acquired and congenital syphilis.

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Do I Really Have to Check That Pressure? Measuring IOP in Children

Expert advice on why and how to measure IOP in children. Web Extra: Classification scheme for pediatric glaucoma.

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MD Roundtable: Solving the Photophobia Puzzle

Written By: Leah Levi, MD
With Kathleen B. Digre, MD, and Randy H. Kardon, MD, PhD

This article is part of an occasional series of MD Roundtables, in which a group of experts discuss a topic of interest in their field.

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The Kamra Corneal Inlay in the Clinic

Written By: Leslie Burling-Phillips, Contributing Writer
Interviewing Wayne Crewe-Brown, MB, ChB, MMed, Sheldon Herzig, MD, FRCSC, and David G. Kent, MD, MBChB, FRANZCO, FRACS

Kamra inlay: Advice from MDs outside the United States.

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Morning Rounds

A Boy With Worsening Esotropia

Written By: Steve L. Gerber, MD, and Nicole Wayne
Edited by Steven J. Gedde, MD

The 7-year-old boy had recently started holding reading material very near and closing his right eye to read. He also had a mild headache above his right eye.

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Blink

Cloquet’s Canal

Written By: David L. Greenburg, MD, MPH, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.

A 52-year-old retired military officer was scheduled for removal of a moderately dense posterior subcapsular cataract. A month before, a very dense posterior subcapsular cataract had been removed uneventfully from his fellow eye; that procedure was his only ocular history.

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Journal Highlights

Ophthalmology

Refractive error, glaucoma, and ethnicity. Steroid injections raise risk of endophthalmitis. CRAO and risk of stroke and myocardial infarction. Anti-VEGF injections and cataract surgery outcomes.

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American Journal of Ophthalmology

IOP measurements by different devices in children. The association of race with childhood uveitis. Tear dysfunction, corneal sensitivity, and correlation with blink rate. Impact of free glasses and teacher incentive on children’s use of eyeglasses.

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JAMA Ophthalmology

Microscope-integrated OCT during ophthalmic surgery. Compounded bevacizumab and postinjection endophthalmitis. Body levels of trace metals and glaucoma prevalence.

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Roundup of Other Journals

Visual acuity and reproducibility of visual fields. Eye protection, eye injuries, and field hockey. Tasimelteon for sleep-wake disorder in the blind. Supplements and cognitive function in AREDS2 participants.

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News in Review

Approach to Bilateral Same-Day Surgery

With diligent adherence to cleaning and sterilization, coupled with careful IOL selection, bilateral same-day cataract surgery can be as safe as unilateral surgery.

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OCT Angiography in Diabetic Retinopathy

Angiography based on OCT could be the noninvasive tool ophthalmologists have needed to easily evaluate the level at which macular ischemia is occurring in eyes with diabetic retinopathy.

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Swept-Source OCT to View Birdshot Chorioretinopathy

Sequential imaging of the choroid with swept-source OCT can enable clinicians to monitor choroidal thickness and morphology in patients undergoing treatment for birdshot chorioretinopathy.

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Ahmed vs. Baerveldt Findings at 5 Years

The 5-year results of the Ahmed Versus Baerveldt Study yielded no surprises, corroborating findings reported at 3 years.

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Academy Notebook

News, Tips, Resources

What’s Happening: 2015 membership survey results. PQRS—Dec. 1 deadline for IRIS Registry users. D.C. Report: Governmental Affairs at AAO 2015. And more.

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Destination AAO

Get Ready for Las Vegas: Part 6

Time-saving tips and tools for program information and the exhibit hall. The best resources for meeting news. Attend a scientific poster tour. Download the AAO 2015 Floor Plan.

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Practice Perfect

What Do Ophthalmologists Think of Their EHRs?

Written By: the Academy Committee on Medical Information Technology (MIT)

Here’s how Academy members rated their electronic health records. Web Extra: Additional results from the survey of EHR user satisfaction.

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Savvy Coder

Best Coding Tips of 2015: Part 1 — Know Your Payers

Written By: David B. Glasser, MD, Chair of the Academy Health Policy Committee, Michael X. Repka, MD, MBA, Academy Medical Director for Health Policy, and Sue Vicchrilli, COT, OCS, Academy Director of Coding and Reimbursement

Bilateral surgery, bilateral testing, and documenting cataract surgery.

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Opinion

Generic Drug Price Jumps: What to Do?

Richard P. Mills, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Editor, on the rising costs of generics.

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Letters

Thoughts From Your Colleagues

A note on cable caps.

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