Ainda vivemos em um tempo onde os pacientes que nos procuram se entusiasmam e valorizam os equipamentos que ainda não viram em outros consultórios. Investimos em novas tecnologias também por essa razão, mas fundamentalmente para melhorar a assistência à população. Alguns exemplos de aparelhos que “nunca se pagam”, mas que melhoram muito nossa pràtica, incluem os campímetros visuais computadorizados e os Yag Laser. Nem por isso deixamos de adquirir os equipamentos e indicar os exames e procedimentos […].

PURPOSE: To establish the prevalence of the ametropias and eye diseases, in the year 2001, within a preschool and school children in the city of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS: Transversal observational study during an ocular health campaign in public education schools. The children that have shown visual acuity lower than 0.8 or other abnormally were referred by trained volunteers to evaluation by ophthalmologists from the Benjamin Constant Institute. RESULTS: From the 1.800 children who were examined, […]

PURPOSE: To evaluate the profile of all the visits to the ophthalmic emergency service at a tertiary hospital in the city of Sobral, Ceará, northeast of Brazil. METHODS: A survey was carried out of all patients attended at ophthalmology emergency service of the department of ophthalmology of Santa Casa of Sobral, during the period between may and october 2008. Data on patient’s age, sex, level of education, residential address, health insurance status, average distance to our service, time between the […]

OBJETIVO: Avaliar o perfil dos atendimentos no serviço de emergência oftalmológica de um hospital terciário na cidade de Sobral, Ceará, nordeste do Brasil. MÉTODOS: Realizou-se um estudo em todos os pacientes atendidos no serviço de emergência do departamento de oftalmologia da Santa Casa de Sobral no período entre maio e outubro de 2008. Dados sobre idade e gênero dos pacientes, nível de escolaridade, origem, distância percorrida para chegar ao hospital, seguro de saúde, período entre os sintomas iniciais e o […]

PURPOSE: To analyze causes of discarded donor corneas which were collected and preserved by São Paulo Hospital Eye Bank in a period of two years. METHODS: Retrospective study based in the investigation of donor’s medical records, for clinical and ocular factors, age, death cause, serology results, body conditions, slit lamp corneal examination and endothelial cells counting. RESULTS: 1,116 corneas were donated and included in the study, 518 (46.41%) were discarded before preservation, 168 (15.05%) were not transplanted for optical purpose, […]

OBJECTIVE: To compare, among patients subjected to PRK, the types and intensity of its post-operative symptoms, between mechanical versus chemical epithelial removal, as well as epithelial healing time. METHODS: We compare the frequency and intensity of referred symptoms by patients that underwent PRK, where each eye underwent one of the different epithelial removal techniques, randomly chosen and in simple-blind format. Additionally, we studied corneal epithelial healing on the fifth postoperative day, in order to observe whether an eventual delay on […]

OBJECTIVE: To compare the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL)and the macular thickness of the amblyopic eye with those of the non-amblyopic eye in patients with unilateral amblyopia using optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS: OCT was performed for13 patients with unilateral amblyopia who had no neurologic disease. Nine male andfour female patients, whose ages ranged from 23 to 63 years, were enrolled in the study. The RNFL thickness average analysis program was used to evaluate mean superior, inferior, […]

PURPOSE: To evaluate prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a group of patients with glaucoma; to verify if there is association between diabetes mellitus and glaucoma; to verify other associated risk factors. METHODS: Fifty(50) glaucoma patients had their medical records analyzed in a retrospective way. Registered data included sex, age, ethnic group, family history of glaucoma and personal history of type 2 diabetes mellitus. RESULTS: Five (10%) of all evaluated patients had type 2 diabetes mellitus. 3 of them were female […]