Publications by authors named "Alicia Serra"
Background: Retinal hemorrhages (RHs) are suggestive of abusive head trauma (AHT). Even so, controversy persists about other possible causes, a fact that hinders the diagnosis of abuse.
Objective: To determine the prevalence and patterns of RHs associated with increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in young children.
Purpose: To report the long-term outcome of early secondary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation following congenital cataract extraction in a large number of eyes.
Methods: Data of aphakic children under 30 months of age who underwent secondary IOL implantation and had at least one year of follow-up after the surgery was reviewed. In all of the patients, a foldable three-piece acrylic IOL was implanted in the ciliary sulcus by the same surgeon using the same technique.
Aim: To determine the prevalence of retinal haemorrhages in infants with pertussis infection with the purpose of clarifying the differential diagnosis of the cases of abusive head trauma.
Methods: Prospective study of children aged 15 days to 2 years admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of pertussis over a period of 4 years (May 2004-May 2008). All children underwent one detailed ophthalmological examination within 72 h of admission.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of retinal hemorrhages in apparent life-threatening events (ALTEs) with the purpose of facilitating the differential diagnosis of the cases of nonaccidental head trauma.
Methods: Prospective study on children aged 15 days to 2 years admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of an ALTE over a period of 2 years (May 2004-May 2006). All the children underwent detailed ophthalmologic examination within 72 hours of admission.
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a programme of home blood pressure measurement (HBPM) on therapeutic compliance in mild-to-moderate hypertension.
Design: A prospective controlled multicentre clinical trial.
Setting: Forty primary care centres in Spain, with a duration of 6 months.
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of wavefront-guided ablation for treatment of residual refractive error and higher order aberrations after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopia.
Methods: Twenty-one eyes of 13 patients with residual refractive error after myopic LASIK were treated with a wavefront-guided ablation with the Zyoptix technique. In 13 eyes of 8 patients (Group A) we lifted the flap with an epitheliorhexis technique; in 8 eyes of 5 patients (Group B) we cut a new flap with a Hansatome microkeratome.