Recent developments in the treatment of uveitis: an update.

The management of complex uveitis is often based around the use of oral corticosteroids. To spare the side effects of corticosteroids, second-line oral immunosuppressant drugs are used. Newer systemic immunosuppressive drugs, including biologics, and locally delivered treatments are being evaluated.

Conjunctival granuloma caused by surgical talc.

Talc from surgical gloves has been known to be a cause of granulomas within the surgical cavity. We report a case in which recurrent conjuntival inflammation was found to be caused by talc.

The convergent validity of the Manchester Pain Scale.

Objective: To test the convergent validity of the Manchester pain scale when compared to the current 'gold standard' in children's pain assessment, the Oucher pain scale.

Method: One hundred and fifty two children presenting to the emergency department had pain scale assessments using both the Manchester and Oucher pain scales. The order of presentation of the scales was randomised.

Oucher or CHEOPS for pain assessment in children.

A short cut review was carried out to establish which of the Oucher or CHEOPS pain assessments were best for assessing pain in children. Altogether 12 papers were found using the reported search, of which three presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated.