Publications by authors named "D A Eliason"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigated sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) by examining its incidence, timing, causes, and associated visual outcomes following intraocular procedures, using data from multiple cohorts between 2017 and 2021.
- - A total of 159 patients were identified with SO, with the median time from the inciting event to SO being 151 days; notably, only two patients developed SO after open globe trauma, while none occurred after vitrectomy.
- - Visual outcomes were poor, especially for the inciting eye, highlighting the importance of early diagnosis and treatment to improve vision in the sympathizing eye.
The aim of this study is to utilize the Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision Registry clinical data derived from DoD and VA medical systems which include documentation of care while in combat, and develop methods for comprehensive and reliable Open Globe Injury (OGI) patient identification. In particular, we focus on the use of free-form clinical notes, since structured data, such as diagnoses or procedure codes, as found in early post-trauma clinical records, may not be a comprehensive and reliable indicator of OGIs. The challenges of the task include low incidence rate (few positive examples), idiosyncratic military ophthalmology vocabulary, extreme brevity of notes, specialized abbreviations, typos and misspellings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine if panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) alters retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and optic nerve appearance.
Methods: Patients with diabetes who did and did not undergo PRP and nondiabetic control subjects were enrolled in a prospective study. Participants underwent optical coherence tomography of the peripapillary retina and optic nerve.