Demographic profile, prevalence, pattern, and risk factors for retinal vein occlusion in Liberia: A retrospective study.

Purpose: This study aims to describe the demographic profile, prevalence, pattern, and risk factors for retinal vein occlusion (RVO) in patients over 40 years of age presenting to the Liberia Eye Centre, John F Kennedy Memorial Medical Centre, Monrovia, Liberia.

Subjects And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on patients presenting to Liberia Eye Centre from July 2017 to February 2021. A total of 17506 new patients were examined during this period out of which 10813 patients were over 40 years of age.

Postoperative Euglycemic Ketoacidosis in Type 2 Diabetes Associated with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor: Insights Into Pathogenesis and Management Strategy.

Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (eu-DKA) is an uncommon and serious adverse event associated with the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter (SGLT-2) inhibitors. It is a state of increased anion gap metabolic acidosis with ketosis but in the setting of normal serum glucose levels. Diagnosis of this serious entity could easily be missed given the non-specific symptoms and the normal glucose measurements.

Efficacy and Safety Outcomes of Cataract Surgery in Survivors of Ebola Virus Disease: 12-Month Results From the PREVAIL VII Study.

Purpose: In survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD), intraocular viral persistence raises questions about the timing and safety of cataract surgery. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first controlled study evaluating Ebola virus persistence and cataract surgery safety and outcomes in EVD survivors.

Methods: Seropositive EVD survivors and seronegative controls with vision worse than 20/40 from cataract and without active intraocular inflammation were enrolled.

Injury and illness epidemiology in professional Asian football: lower general incidence and burden but higher ACL and hamstring injury burden compared with Europe.

Background: While football injury and illness epidemiology surveillance at professional club level in Europe is available, epidemiological data from other continents are lacking.

Purpose: Investigating injury and illness epidemiology in professional Asian football.

Study Design: Descriptive prospective study.

Factors associated with visual outcomes after cataract surgery: A cross-sectional or retrospective study in Liberia.

Objective: To report the initial outcomes and associated risk factors for poor outcome of cataract surgery performed in Liberia.

Methods And Analysis: LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad, started providing eye care in Liberia since July 2017. Electronic Medical Records of 573 patients operated for age-related cataract from July 2017 to January 2019 were reviewed.

Injury and illness epidemiology in soccer - effects of global geographical differences - a call for standardized and consistent research studies.

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. While injuries and illnesses can affect the players' health and performance, they can also have a major economic impact on teams. Moreover, several studies have shown the favourable association between higher player availability and team success.

Clear cell hidradenocarcinoma of the eyelid: a case report with a review of the literature.

Clear cell hidradenocarcinomas are extremely rare neoplasms, with very few well-documented cases reported in the literature. The most common sites are the head and neck regions. These tumors are histologically malignant but are not always aggressive.

Cardiovascular comorbiditiy in psoriasis.

The chronic inflammatory nature of psoriasis is also thought to predispose patients to other diseases with an inflammatory component, the most notable being cardiovascular and metabolic (cardiometabolite) disorders. This concept is supported by studies showing that psoriasis is associated with cardiovascular risk factors like diabetes, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking and diseases including MI. Given the increased prevalence of cardiovascular co morbidities in patients, dermatologists treating psoriasis need to approach the disease as a potentially multisystem disorder and must alert these patients to the potentially negative effects of their disease.

Pharmacovigilance: scope for a dermatologist.

Pharmacovigilance is defined as the science of detection, assessment, and prevention of adverse drug reactions in humans. Under-reporting of drug reactions is the major problem and has various reasons. The WHO has initiated the program of reporting all adverse drug reactions now co-ordinated by the Uppsala Monitoring Centre in Uppsala, Sweden, with oversight by an international board.

Nails in systemic disease.

Nail abnormalities secondary to systemic disease could be classified as nail abnormalities associated with systemic disease, disease of specific organ system or associated with syndromes and genodermatoses. Because nail findings are easily observable and yield valuable information, careful examination of nails could be an important diagnostic tool for a dermatologist. A brief review of the common and not so common nail changes in systemic illness is presented.

Topical immunotherapy in alopecia areata.

Alopecia Areata (AA) is a common non-scarring alopecia directed against the anagenic hair follicle. Various treatment modalities have been used for the treatment of severe AA. Topical immunotherapy is the best documented treatment so far for severe and refractory AA.

Immune zones in leprosy.

Leprosy affects mainly those areas of skin which have a relatively lower temperature and are more exposed to trauma. Certain zones like scalp, palms and soles, genitalia, groins, axillae, eyelids, transverse band of skin over lumboscaral area, midline of back and perineum have been described to be immune to the development of lesions in leprosy. But clinical, histological and bacteriological evidence of involvement of these so called immune zones though infrequent have been documented.

Double uteri with cervicovaginal agenesis.

Objective: To report results of managing complex malformation of the genital tract and to validate a newer classification (vaginal, cervix, uterus, adnexa-associated malformation [VCUAM]) for describing such complex anomalies.

Design: Case report.

Setting: University hospital.