Ocular and Nonocular Adverse Events during 3 Years of Soft Contact Lens Wear in Children.

Significance: Children are being fitted at younger ages with soft contact lenses for myopia control. This 3-year investigation of adverse events related to contact lens wear in 7- to 11-year-old participants helps optometrists understand what to expect when fitting children with soft contact lenses.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to report the frequency and type of ocular and nonocular adverse events related to soft contact lens wear in children.

The impact of a systemwide policy for emergent off-hours venous duplex ultrasound studies.

Background: We evaluated the impact of an after-hours policy regulating venous duplex ultrasound (VDU) for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) diagnosis on resource utilization and patient care.

Methods: On July 1, 2007, we altered the approach to emergent VDU of patients with potential DVT during off-hours (defined as 5:00 p.m.