Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · June 1, 2024
PRCIS: In this retrospective study of glaucoma patients receiving the bimatoprost implant at Duke Eye Center, the number of topical intraocular pressure-lowering medications was significantly reduced through 12 months after the implant. PURPOSE: To study t ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmic Epidemiol · April 2024
PURPOSE: The utility of screening for early diagnosis of glaucoma remains a widely debated topic in the care of ophthalmic patients. There are currently no population-based guidelines regarding screening for glaucoma. The purpose of this study is to determ ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · March 2024
PURPOSE: To determine the intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction of various trabecular procedures (a form of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery [MIGS]) combined with cataract surgery compared with cataract surgery alone, to compare the safety of the various ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · February 2024
PURPOSE: To evaluate the recently published literature on the efficacy and safety of the use of aqueous shunts with extraocular reservoir for the management of adult open-angle glaucomas (OAGs). METHODS: A search of peer-reviewed literature was last conduc ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · February 2024
PURPOSE: To evaluate the current published literature on the utility of the 10-2 visual field (VF) testing strategy for the evaluation and management of early glaucoma, defined here as mean deviation (MD) better than -6 decibels (dB). METHODS: A search of ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · January 2024
PURPOSE: To review the current published literature for high-quality studies on the use of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) for the treatment of glaucoma. This is an update of the Ophthalmic Technology Assessment titled, "Laser Trabeculoplasty for Ope ...
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Journal ArticleJ Vitreoretin Dis · 2024
Purpose: To assess the severity, progression, and treatment burden of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients after bariatric surgery compared with controls. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed of patients with type 2 diabetes and DR seen at ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmic Epidemiol · August 2023
PURPOSE: To assess the incidence, risk factors, and clinical consequences of loss to follow up (LTFU) among glaucoma patients at our institution over a 10-year period. METHODS: This retrospective study examined LTFU among a cohort of glaucoma patients with ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · April 2023
PURPOSE: To review the current published literature on the utility of corneal hysteresis (CH) to assist the clinician in the diagnosis of glaucoma or in the assessment of risk for disease progression in existing glaucoma patients. METHODS: Searches of the ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmol Glaucoma · 2023
PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between glaucoma knowledge and disease severity. DESIGN: Substudy of a randomized controlled trial at a single Veterans Affairs (VA) eye clinic. PARTICIPANTS: Veterans with medically treated open-angle glaucoma who self- ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmic Res · 2023
INTRODUCTION: We conducted a secondary, real-world clinical assessment of a randomized controlled trial to determine how a glaucoma medication adherence intervention impacted the clinical outcomes of participants at 12 months post-randomization. Participan ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · December 2022
PURPOSE: To assess the within-trial cost-effectiveness of a behavioral intervention to improve glaucoma medication adherence. DESIGN: Prospective cost-effectiveness analysis of randomized, controlled trial data. METHODS: The study setting was a Veterans Af ...
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Journal ArticleSemin Ophthalmol · April 3, 2022
PURPOSE: To provide a comprehensive assessment of the strategies studied to date that focus on improving glaucoma medication adherence. METHODS: A systematic review of the literature was conducted in MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase (Elsevier), and Scopus (Elsevie ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmol Glaucoma · 2022
PURPOSE: To test the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve glaucoma medication adherence. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial at a Veterans Affairs (VA) eye clinic. PARTICIPANTS: Veterans with medically treated glaucoma who reported poor ad ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmol Glaucoma · 2022
PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between health literacy and successful glaucoma drop administration. DESIGN: Substudy of a single-site interventional randomized controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS: Veterans receiving care at the Durham Veterans Affairs Eye ...
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Journal ArticleJ Acad Ophthalmol (2017) · January 2022
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was a disruption for all aspects of medical education, especially for clinical students preparing for residency applications. Clinical rotations are essential for a student's specialty choice, es ...
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Journal ArticleSemin Ophthalmol · 2022
Minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) and non-penetrating glaucoma procedures have changed the surgical management of glaucoma in recent years and are being explored in the management of uveitic glaucoma. Deep sclerectomy, Xen45 gel stent, gonioscop ...
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Journal ArticleDigit J Ophthalmol · 2022
The 2020-2021 residency interview season was the first in which interviews were entirely virtual, and residency interviews may continue to be offered in this format. Digital eye strain can negatively affect applicants' interview experience. We provide an o ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · June 1, 2024
PRCIS: In this retrospective study of glaucoma patients receiving the bimatoprost implant at Duke Eye Center, the number of topical intraocular pressure-lowering medications was significantly reduced through 12 months after the implant. PURPOSE: To study t ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmic Epidemiol · April 2024
PURPOSE: The utility of screening for early diagnosis of glaucoma remains a widely debated topic in the care of ophthalmic patients. There are currently no population-based guidelines regarding screening for glaucoma. The purpose of this study is to determ ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · March 2024
PURPOSE: To determine the intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction of various trabecular procedures (a form of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery [MIGS]) combined with cataract surgery compared with cataract surgery alone, to compare the safety of the various ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · February 2024
PURPOSE: To evaluate the recently published literature on the efficacy and safety of the use of aqueous shunts with extraocular reservoir for the management of adult open-angle glaucomas (OAGs). METHODS: A search of peer-reviewed literature was last conduc ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · February 2024
PURPOSE: To evaluate the current published literature on the utility of the 10-2 visual field (VF) testing strategy for the evaluation and management of early glaucoma, defined here as mean deviation (MD) better than -6 decibels (dB). METHODS: A search of ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · January 2024
PURPOSE: To review the current published literature for high-quality studies on the use of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) for the treatment of glaucoma. This is an update of the Ophthalmic Technology Assessment titled, "Laser Trabeculoplasty for Ope ...
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Journal ArticleJ Vitreoretin Dis · 2024
Purpose: To assess the severity, progression, and treatment burden of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients after bariatric surgery compared with controls. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed of patients with type 2 diabetes and DR seen at ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmic Epidemiol · August 2023
PURPOSE: To assess the incidence, risk factors, and clinical consequences of loss to follow up (LTFU) among glaucoma patients at our institution over a 10-year period. METHODS: This retrospective study examined LTFU among a cohort of glaucoma patients with ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · April 2023
PURPOSE: To review the current published literature on the utility of corneal hysteresis (CH) to assist the clinician in the diagnosis of glaucoma or in the assessment of risk for disease progression in existing glaucoma patients. METHODS: Searches of the ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmol Glaucoma · 2023
PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between glaucoma knowledge and disease severity. DESIGN: Substudy of a randomized controlled trial at a single Veterans Affairs (VA) eye clinic. PARTICIPANTS: Veterans with medically treated open-angle glaucoma who self- ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmic Res · 2023
INTRODUCTION: We conducted a secondary, real-world clinical assessment of a randomized controlled trial to determine how a glaucoma medication adherence intervention impacted the clinical outcomes of participants at 12 months post-randomization. Participan ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · December 2022
PURPOSE: To assess the within-trial cost-effectiveness of a behavioral intervention to improve glaucoma medication adherence. DESIGN: Prospective cost-effectiveness analysis of randomized, controlled trial data. METHODS: The study setting was a Veterans Af ...
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Journal ArticleSemin Ophthalmol · April 3, 2022
PURPOSE: To provide a comprehensive assessment of the strategies studied to date that focus on improving glaucoma medication adherence. METHODS: A systematic review of the literature was conducted in MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase (Elsevier), and Scopus (Elsevie ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmol Glaucoma · 2022
PURPOSE: To test the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve glaucoma medication adherence. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial at a Veterans Affairs (VA) eye clinic. PARTICIPANTS: Veterans with medically treated glaucoma who reported poor ad ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmol Glaucoma · 2022
PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between health literacy and successful glaucoma drop administration. DESIGN: Substudy of a single-site interventional randomized controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS: Veterans receiving care at the Durham Veterans Affairs Eye ...
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Journal ArticleJ Acad Ophthalmol (2017) · January 2022
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was a disruption for all aspects of medical education, especially for clinical students preparing for residency applications. Clinical rotations are essential for a student's specialty choice, es ...
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Journal ArticleSemin Ophthalmol · 2022
Minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) and non-penetrating glaucoma procedures have changed the surgical management of glaucoma in recent years and are being explored in the management of uveitic glaucoma. Deep sclerectomy, Xen45 gel stent, gonioscop ...
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Journal ArticleDigit J Ophthalmol · 2022
The 2020-2021 residency interview season was the first in which interviews were entirely virtual, and residency interviews may continue to be offered in this format. Digital eye strain can negatively affect applicants' interview experience. We provide an o ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · August 2021
PURPOSE: To review the current published literature on the use of OCT angiography (OCTA) to help detect changes associated with the diagnosis of primary open-angle glaucoma. METHODS: Searches of the peer-reviewed literature were conducted in March 2018, Ju ...
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Journal ArticleClin Trials · June 2021
BACKGROUND: Glaucoma treatment requires patients to follow daily, often times complex, eye drop regimens, but adherence is poor for many patients, putting them at risk for irreversible vision loss. A comprehensive approach is needed to address the challeng ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · December 2020
UNLABELLED: PRéCIS:: In patients undergoing selective laser trabeculoplasty, preoperative video education did not improve patient knowledge regarding the procedure, decrease anxiety, or increase satisfaction, as these metrics were already favorable across ...
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Journal ArticleClin Ophthalmol · 2020
Glaucoma is a common blinding disease; while there is no cure, effective treatments include medications, laser, and incisional surgery. There is significant interest from patients and doctors to develop safer surgical options throughout the spectrum of dis ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · November 2019
PRECIS: When compared with outcomes by glaucoma specialists in several prospective studies, residents at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center achieved comparable reductions in intraocular pressure (IOP) and failure rates during the year following Bae ...
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Journal ArticleCurr Eye Res · October 2019
Purpose/Aim: To determine if an upper extremity functional survey may identify which patients will have eye drop administration difficulty. Materials and Methods: Participants with glaucoma treated at a Veterans Affairs Eye Clinic who did not self-report 1 ...
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ConferenceJ Glaucoma · March 2019
PURPOSE: Many glaucoma eye drop users cannot successfully self-administer drops, and observing patients' drop technique can be time-consuming. We sought to examine the association of patient self-reported efficacy of eye drop technique and medication posse ...
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Journal ArticleDigit J Ophthalmol · January 2019
PURPOSE: Burnout affects half of doctors in the United States. Programs to decrease burnout and foster resilience are needed to prevent loss of doctors in the workforce and maintain quality care. To ameliorate burnout at our eye center, we developed a resi ...
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Journal ArticleAdv Med Educ Pract · 2019
OBJECTIVE: Chart rounds have traditionally been used effectively for clinical teaching in ophthalmology. The introduction of the electronic health record has altered practice patterns and some evidence suggests interference with resident education. The pur ...
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Journal ArticleSouth Med J · August 2018
OBJECTIVES: Health systems are adopting electronic health records (EHRs). There are few studies on the effects of EHR implementation on graduate medical education. The authors sought to longitudinally assess perceptions of the impact of EHRs on graduate me ...
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Journal ArticleSemin Ophthalmol · 2018
Glaucoma is a chronic eye disease affecting millions of people worldwide; it is frequently treated with daily eyedrop medications when patients are asymptomatic. Patient education is an essential feature for adherence to treatments. Developing useful patie ...
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Journal ArticleClin Ophthalmol · 2018
PURPOSE: To examine the factors associated with blindness from primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) among black and white patients at our institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS: For this retrospective, case-control study, patients legally blind from POAG ("cases" ...
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Journal ArticleJ Surg Educ · 2017
OBJECTIVE: Team-based learning with case presentations in small groups in the medical school education setting allows students to be actively engaged and interactive with their peers to work through real-world clinical scenarios. Our objective is to assess ...
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Journal ArticleJ Grad Med Educ · October 2016
BACKGROUND: There is limited information on the impact of widespread adoption of the electronic health record (EHR) on graduate medical education (GME). OBJECTIVE: To identify areas of consensus by education experts, where the use of EHR impacts GME, with ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Ophthalmol · August 3, 2016
BACKGROUND: Patient education materials should be written at a level that is understandable for patients with low health literacy. The aims of this study are (1) to review the literature on readability of ophthalmic patient education materials and (2) to e ...
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Journal ArticleClin Ophthalmol · 2016
SUMMARY: To develop metrics to identify knowledge deficits and barriers to learning in glaucoma patients, this study seeks to validate a glaucoma knowledge assessment to use in the evaluation of knowledge in glaucoma patients. PURPOSE: Glaucoma treatment a ...
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Journal ArticleAdv Med Educ Pract · 2015
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Stress and burnout impact resident physicians. This prospective study tests the hypothesis that a mindfulness-based resilience intervention would decrease stress and burnout in residents. METHODS: Resident physicians from the Depa ...
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Journal ArticleClin Ophthalmol · 2015
OBJECTIVE: The goal of the study was to determine which glaucoma quiz provides the best information about patient glaucoma knowledge to clinicians in clinical practice settings. METHODS: Four glaucoma quizzes were identified from the literature and nationa ...
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Journal ArticleN C Med J · 2015
BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is an important cause of irreversible blindness. This study describes the characteristics of a large, diverse group of glaucoma patients and evaluates associations between demographic and clinical characteristics and blindness. METHODS ...
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Journal ArticleClin Ophthalmol · 2015
INTRODUCTION: Adherence to glaucoma medications is essential for successful treatment of the disease but is complex and difficult for many of our patients. Health coaching has been used successfully in the treatment of other chronic diseases. This pilot st ...
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Journal ArticlePatient Prefer Adherence · 2014
BACKGROUND: The learning preferences of ophthalmology patients were examined. METHODS: Results from a voluntary survey of ophthalmology patients were analyzed for education preferences and for correlation with race, age, and ophthalmic topic. RESULTS: To l ...
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Journal ArticleSaudi J Ophthalmol · October 2012
BACKGROUND: Advances in optic nerve and retinal imaging have dramatically changed the care of glaucoma patients, complementing the importance of the clinical exam of the optic nerve and automated perimetry in making the diagnosis of glaucoma. Computerized ...
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Journal ArticleArch Ophthalmol · September 2011
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The benefits of high-speed, detailed retinal thickness measurement by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in glaucoma diagnosis have not been fully realized. We have modified the software protocols for such measurement and applied it for diagnosis ...
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Journal ArticleDev Biol · December 1, 2003
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The formation of laminae within the retina requires the coordinate regulation of cell differentiation and migration. The cell adhesion molecule and member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase Mu, PTPmu, is expressed in p ...
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Journal ArticleJ Neurobiol · September 5, 2003
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PTP mu is expressed in the developing nervous system and promotes growth and guidance of chick retinal ganglion cells. Using a newly developed growth cone rearrangement assay, we examined whether the small G-proteins were involved in PTP mu-dependent signa ...
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Journal ArticleMol Cell Neurosci · February 2002
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Protein tyrosine phosphatase mu (PTPmu) is an adhesion molecule in the immunoglobulin superfamily and is expressed in the developing nervous system. We have shown that PTPmu can promote neurite outgrowth of retinal ganglion cells and it regulates neurite o ...
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Journal ArticleHypertension · October 1997
Increasing evidence suggests that cytokines such as interleukin-1beta (IL-1), IL-4, and IL-8 may play an important role in the chronic inflammation and cellular growth observed in cardiovascular diseases. The lipoxygenase (LO) pathway of arachidonate metab ...
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