Association of the combination of obstructive sleep apnea risk and sleep duration with ideal cardiovascular health metrics in patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Background: The purpose of this study was to explore the separate and combined associations of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk and sleep duration with ideal cardiovascular health metrics in hemodialysis (HD) patients.

Methods: 470 HD participants (average: 59.48 ± 12.

Vitamin D alleviates neuronal injury in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion via enhancing the Nrf2/HO-1 antioxidant pathway to counteract NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis.

Vitamin D supplementation is reported to have anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects during cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI), but the protective mechanism has not been fully elucidated. In this study, rats were given prior administrations of 1,25-vitamin D3 (1,25-VitD3) for a week and subjected to 2 hours of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) followed by 24 hours of reperfusion. Supplementation with 1,25-VitD3 significantly reduced neurological deficit scores and cerebral infarction areas, and increased surviving neurons.

Effects of Bilateral Superior Oblique "Hang-Back" Recession in Treatment of A-pattern Strabismus with Superior Oblique Overaction.

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and safety of bilateral hang-back recession of superior oblique (SO) muscles in the treatment of A-pattern strabismus with superior oblique overaction (SOOA).

Methods: Thirty-one (31) patients (62 eyes) with A-pattern horizontal deviation and SOOA underwent hang-back recession of SO and retrospective analysis of the surgical amount of hang-back recession of SO, preoperative and postoperative A-pattern, ocular motility, and corrected objective torsion. Patients were evaluated before and 6 to 9 months after surgery.

[Clinical investigation on AC/A ratio in intermittent exotropia coexisting with ametropia].

Objective: To investigate AC/A ratio and coexisting ametropia in intermittent exotropia. To discuss the relation between AC/A ratio and the development of intermittent exotropia.

Methods: The medical records of 135 patients who had an exotropia were retrospectively reviewed.

[Surgical treatment for correcting abnormal complicated head posture in nystagmus].

Objective: To demonstrate the surgical choices for patients with complicated head posture associated with nystagmus.

Methods: It was a retrospective clinical study. Thirty-eight cases of congenital nystagmus with abnormal head posture in all three axes without strabismus were retrospectively analyzed.

[R954 mutations in KIF21A gene in Chinese patients with congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles].

Objective: Screening KIF21A gene mutation in 9 families with congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles and 7 sporadic cases.

Methods: Families were ascertained and patients underwent complete ophthalmological examinations. The probands of 9 families with CFEOM and 7 sporadic patients were recruited for this study after informed consent.

[Recession of both horizontal rectus muscles in Duane Retraction Syndrome with significant globe retraction].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of Recession of both horizontal rectus muscles in Duane Retraction Syndrome with significant globe retraction.

Methods: Sixteen cases with DRS were summarized retrospectively. All patients had undergone surgery with recession of both horizontal rectus muscles.

[Retrospective study on clinical characteristics and surgical treatment of bilateral DRS].

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics and surgical treatment of bilateral Duane retraction syndrome.

Methods: To collect 24 cases with bilateral DRS among 123 cases with DRS from hospital data during 2005.7 to 2009.

[A clinical analysis of 40 cases with congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles].

Objective: To analyse the clinical manifestations and the effects of surgical management on Congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles (CFEOM).

Methods: Forty cases with CFEOM were retrospectively summarized. The follows were recorded and analysed, including sex, surgical age, visual acuity, refractive condition, phenotype, the diopter, the complications of eye and other position of the body, familial history, surgical methods.

[The G990T mutation of the FRMD7 gene in a Chinese family with congenital idiopathic nystagmus].

Objective: To study the mutation of FRMD7 gene in a Chinese family with congenital idiopathic nystagmus.

Methods: Forty-six individuals in the Chinese family with congenital idiopathic nystagmus, including 16 patients, 19 normal siblings and 11 spouses, were investigated under informed consent. Genomic DNA of all 46 members was isolated by standard protocol.

[A clinical analysis of sixty-seven cases with Duane's retraction syndrome].

Objective: To analyze the clinical manifestations and the methods and effects of surgical management on Duane's Retraction Syndrome (DRS).

Methods: 67 cases with DRS were summarized retrospectively. The data were recorded and analysed, including sex, age, type, clinical features, surgical methods and the results.

[Stereoacuity before and after surgery in patients with acquired excyclotorsion].

Objective: To investigate the stereoacuity before and after superior oblique sagittal transposition in patients with acquired excyclotorsion.

Methods: 14 cases of acquired excyclotorsion who had complaints of forward and downward torsional diplopia were treated with superior oblique sagittal transposition. All patients were examined with Titmus test prior and after surgery.

[Treatment of dissociated vertical deviation by shifting fixating eye].

Objective: To investigate the results of using shifting fixation eye to manage monocular or asymmetrical binocular dissociated vertical deviation (DVD).

Methods: Twenty-three DVD children whose corrected vision was better than 0.5 in the amblyopic eye were studied.