The Effect of Elastic Eyelid Band Application on Bilateral Severe Ptosis in a Patient With Bilateral Incomplete Claude's Syndrome: A Case Report.

Patients with brainstem stroke can present with various oculomotor disorders, including ptosis. Neurogenic ptosis, which results from total or partial dysfunction of the third cranial nerve and/or the Müller muscle, can significantly restrict activities of daily living and participation in rehabilitation. Therefore, surgical intervention is an effective therapeutic strategy.

Validation of the Simplified Acute Physiology Score 3 scoring system in a Korean intensive care unit.

Purpose: The Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) 3 was recently proposed to reflect contemporary changes in intensive care practices. SAPS 3 features customized equations for the prediction of mortality in different geographic regions. However, the usefulness of SAPS 3 and its customized equation (Australasia SAPS 3) have never been externally validated in Korea.