Nutrition Situation Analysis in the UAE: A Review Study.

This review study aimed to assess the nutrition situation in the UAE using published data from 2010 to 2022. It highlights the gaps and challenges that prevail in addressing the nutrition-related problems in the UAE and the opportunities that have been overlooked. The available literature indicates that the UAE is burdened with more than one form of nutrition-related problems, including being underweight, being overweight, obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and nutrition-related chronic diseases.

Increasing frequency of hospital admissions for retinal detachment and vitreo-retinal surgery in England 2000-2018.

Objectives: To analyse the changes in reported frequency of retinal detachment admissions and vitreo-retinal surgery procedures performed between 2000 and 2018 in England. To obtain information useful to contribute towards the planning of service delivery.

Methods: Analysis of England's Hospital Episode Statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and population data from the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics.

The diagnostic accuracy of OCT angiography in naive and treated neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a review.

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is a non-invasive retinal imaging innovation that has been gaining popularity for the evaluation of the retinal vasculature. Of clinical importance is its current use either as an alternative or in conjunction with conventional dye-based angiography in neovascular age-related macular degeneration. OCTA is not without limitations and these include image artefact, a relatively small field of view and failure of the segmentation algorithms, which can confound the interpretation of findings.

Corneal graft failure due to migration of Ozurdex™ implant into the anterior chamber.

Purpose: We report a case of corneal endothelial graft failure secondary to dexamethasone intravitreal implant (Ozurdex™) migration into the anterior chamber (AC).

Observations: A 53-year-old man with a history of bilateral idiopathic chronic uveitis, had a right anterior vitrectomy and AC intraocular lens (ACIOL) with a peripheral iridotomy. He received an intravitreal Ozurdex™ implant for right cystoid macular oedema (CMO).

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment following intravitreal ocriplasmin.

Purpose: To describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients presenting with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) after ocriplasmin (OCP) injection.

Methods: Retrospective, multi-centre, observational case series with case note review.

Results: Eight patients with symptomatic vitreomacular traction (six with concomitant macular hole) were diagnosed with RRD after a median of 16 days (range 3-131 days) post-OCP injection.

Optimal management of idiopathic macular holes.

This review evaluates the current surgical options for the management of idiopathic macular holes (IMHs), including vitrectomy, ocriplasmin (OCP), and expansile gas use, and discusses key background information to inform the choice of treatment. An evidence-based approach to selecting the best treatment option for the individual patient based on IMH characteristics and patient-specific factors is suggested. For holes without vitreomacular attachment (VMA), vitrectomy is the only option with three key surgical variables: whether to peel the inner limiting membrane (ILM), the type of tamponade agent to be used, and the requirement for postoperative face-down posturing.

Increasing Neonatal Mortality among Palestine Refugees in the Gaza Strip.

Background: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has periodically estimated infant mortality rates among Palestine refugees in Gaza. These surveys have recorded a decline from 127 per 1000 live births in 1960 to 20.2 in 2008.

The Case Mix of Patients Presenting with Full-Thickness Macular Holes and Progression before Surgery: Implications for Optimum Management.

Aims: Analysis of pre-operative spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) characteristics of full-thickness macular holes (FTMH) and effect on optimum management.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed SD-OCT characteristics of a consecutive cohort of patients waitlisted for FTMH surgery and categorized them by current evidence-based treatments.

Results: Out of the 106 holes analysed, 36 were small, 40 medium and 30 large.

The staining pattern of brilliant blue G during macular hole surgery: a clinicopathologic study.

Purpose: To describe the intraoperative staining pattern of the internal limiting membrane (ILM)-specific dye Brilliant Blue G (BBG) in a cohort of patients with idiopathic macular holes; to analyze the associations of the staining pattern with pre- and postoperative variables and to correlate the staining pattern with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of the excised ILM.

Methods: Fifty-five consecutive patients were studied. The staining pattern was divided into three subtypes based on the intraoperative appearance.

Cloudy corneas as an initial presentation of multiple myeloma.

Summary: We report a case of previously unsuspected myeloma, presenting with cornea verticillata due to intracorneal paraprotein deposition.

History: An 85-year-old female presented via her optician with a 4-month history of cloudy vision. She had undergone an uneventful bilateral phacoemulsification surgery 7 years earlier.

Inherent differences in morphology, proliferation, and migration in saphenous vein smooth muscle cells cultured from nondiabetic and Type 2 diabetic patients.

Individuals with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are at increased risk of saphenous vein (SV) graft stenosis following coronary artery bypass. Graft stenosis is caused by intimal hyperplasia, a pathology characterized by smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation and migration. We hypothesized that SV-SMC from T2DM patients were intrinsically more proliferative and migratory than those from nondiabetic individuals.