Publications by authors named "Amelia Lim"
Article Synopsis
- The paper looks at how inherited retinal diseases (IRD) are diagnosed and treated in the Asia-Pacific region.
- They surveyed 36 centers about their practices, including how they collect patient information and provide help for low vision.
- The results showed there are important gaps, like many centers not having a database for patients, not enough genetic counselors, and a need for better support for low-vision rehabilitation.
Rationale and protocol paper for the Asia Pacific Network for inherited eye diseases.
Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila)
February 2024
Article Synopsis
- The Asia-Pacific region, housing about 60% of the world's population, lacks extensive knowledge about hereditary eye diseases, necessitating a regional collaboration to enhance precision medicine for affected patients.
- The Asia-Pacific Inherited Eye Disease (APIED) network, consisting of 55 members from 35 centers across 12 countries, aims to address these gaps in understanding inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) by bringing together experts in the field.
- The network's goals include improving genetic diagnosis of IRDs, standardizing phenotyping practices, and creating high-quality patient registries to support care and research in both regional and international contexts.*
A 14-year-old girl with bilateral chronic posterior scleritis was referred to us for poor control of ocular inflammation. There was an incidental finding of choroidal osteoma bilaterally whereby the choroidal mass in her right eye demonstrated a significant tumor growth in a short duration of two months. The right eye choroidal tumor was orangy in color with a well-defined margin, two-disc diameter in size, and located at the macula encroaching the fovea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Since the outbreak of the coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2), wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) has become necessary. Patients' ability to recognize staff is disrupted impacting on the relationship between healthcare worker and patient.
Objective: Assess the patients' perspective of healthcare workers wearing PPE and its effect on communication.
A 60-year-old Aboriginal man with underlying severe exfoliative dermatitis, treated with oral azathioprine and oral prednisolone, presented with left painful red eye for ten days. On initial presentation, left eye vision was poor at hand motion. There was corneal endotheliitis over the left eye with severe anterior chamber inflammation obscuring the fundus view.
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