Retinal hemorrhage and bleeding disorders in children: A review.

Background: Retinal hemorrhages (RH) are a common manifestation of abusive head trauma (AHT) resulting from acceleration-deceleration injury with or without blunt impact. Evaluation of a child with RH requires careful consideration of these differential diagnoses. The extent to which coagulopathy alone can cause RH would be useful to understand as coagulopathy may accompany AHT.

Association of Gabapentin or Pregabalin Use and Incidence of Acute Angle-closure Glaucoma.

Precis: Gabapentin and its derivatives have numerous indications and are commonly prescribed medications. In this article, we provide evidence of a link between gabapentinoid use and incidence of acute angle-closure glaucoma.

Purpose: Gabapentinoids, such as gabapentin and pregabalin, are commonly prescribed classes of drugs in North America.

Association of Postoperative Topical Prostaglandin Analog or Beta-Blocker Use and Incidence of Pseudophakic Cystoid Macular Edema.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to determine the association of postoperative topical prostaglandin analog (PGA) or topical beta-blocker use and the incidence of pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (CME).

Methods: This was a nested case-control study. All adult patients who underwent cataract surgery between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2016 and who were enrolled in the PharMetrics Plus database were eligible for inclusion.

Evaluation of occupational ocular trauma: are we doing enough to promote eye safety in the workplace?

Objective: The aim of this study was to document the use of eye personal protective equipment (PPE) by patients who had sustained an eye injury in the workplace and to evaluate the characteristics and outcomes of these patients.

Design: Case-control study.

Participants: All adult patients who had sustained an eye injury in the workplace and presented to the urgent ophthalmology clinic of a tertiary care hospital from October 1, 2013, to November 30, 2014, were eligible for inclusion.

Virtual reality robotic surgery simulation curriculum to teach robotic suturing: a randomized controlled trial.

The objective of this randomized, controlled trial was to assess whether voluntary participation in a proctored, proficiency-based, virtual reality robotic suturing curriculum using the da Vinci(®) Skills Simulator™ improves robotic suturing performance. Residents and attending surgeons were randomized to participation or non-participation during a 5 week training curriculum. Robotic suturing skills were evaluated before and after training using an inanimate vaginal cuff model, which participants sutured for 10 min using the da Vinci(®) Surgical System.

Association between quality of care and complications after abdominal surgery.

Background: Measuring the quality of surgical care is essential to identifying areas of weakness in the delivery of effective surgical care and to improving patient outcomes. Our objectives were to (1) assess the quality of surgical care delivered to adult patients; and (2) determine the association between quality of surgical care and postoperative complications.

Methods: This retrospective, pilot, cohort study was conducted at a single university-affiliated institution.

Identification of quality of care deficiencies in elderly surgical patients by measuring adherence to process-based quality indicators.

Background: The ability to measure surgical quality of care is important and can lead to improvements in patient safety. As such, processes should be carried out in an identical fashion for all patients, regardless of how vulnerable or complex they are. Our objectives were to assess quality of surgical care delivered to elderly patients and to determine the association between patient characteristics and quality of care.