Dear Editors, I have read the interesting editorial by Dr. Sebastião Cronember entitled: “24-hour intraocular pressure monitoring: past, present and future”.() In Argentina, we have been using a daily curve strategy for 20 years that I published in the European Journal of Ophthalmology.() It is available on PubMed as of 2012. The first recording in the morning was made at 8 a.m. in a lying position, after 30 minutes in that position and monitoring various patient and environmental conditions. Then, […]

Dear Editor, I deeply thank Dr. Borrone for his comments on the Editorial published at Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, volume 83.() Very interesting paper published by Dr. Borrone in the European Journal of Ophthalmology, which should have to be quoted.() However, our experience is different. In ARVO, 2016, we presented the Abstract Comparison of 24-Hour IOP Measurements in Sitting and Supine Positions in Glaucoma with the purpose of assessing the correlation and agreement between sitting and supine intraocular pressure (IOP) […]

Caro Editor, Em maio de 2022, publicamos na Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia o artigo “Do automotive window films affect drivers’ safety by decreasing vision sensitivity? A Cross-sectional study”.() […]

Firstly, we would like to thank for your time and interest, as well as for your compliments to our article entitled “Multicentric Medical Student Profile and Their Perspectives About Ophthalmology Education”.() With respect to students’ perspective about ophthalmology education, 95.9% of them considered it relevant to their training as general practitioners. However, only 31% of them feel confident to treat patients with eye disorders.() Articles such as those by Quillen() (mentioned by you) and Lippa() substantiate and validate our results, […]

We would like to complete some topics as comment on the article’s Structural eye sequelae of retinopathy of prematurity in children in Manaus City, Amazonas State/Brazil(), which was published in your esteemed journal. The aforementioned article shows that retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an important cause of preventable blindness in Amazonas State/Brazil, which affects 31.6% of children at risk of it. This number shows the need for screening and treatment programs applied to this population in order to avoid blindness […]

Firstly, we would like to thank for your time and interest, as well as for your compliments to our article entitled “Multicentric Medical Student Profile and Their Perspectives About Ophthalmology Education”.() With respect to students’ perspective about ophthalmology education, 95.9% of them considered it relevant to their training as general practitioners. However, only 31% of them feel confident to treat patients with eye disorders.() Articles such as those by Quillen() (mentioned by you) and Lippa(4) substantiate and validate our results, […]

The Covid-19 Pandemy has brought several challenges to the health care systems throughout the planet, since it requires complex strategies and public policies of contention, diagnosis and treatment. Especifically, the high transmissibility of the virus is a critical point of the pandemy, which turns the medical teams highly vulnerable.(–) Initially, the transmission of the disease via the eye was ignored and ophthalmology was not considered a specialty under risk.(,) The case of contamination of Dr Wang Guangfa, during the treatment […]

Regarding the comments on the article “Profile of medicine students and their perspectives on the teaching of Ophthalmology”() published in this respected journal, we would like to mention some points. The article demonstrates the importance of Academic Leagues in complementing ophthalmic knowledge in the current curriculum of Medical Schools in Brazil.() […]