Purpose: To describe retinal and choroidal vascular changes following an exercise stress test (ET) in patients with effort angina and to determine whether optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) could play a role in the prediction of ischemic cardiac events.
Methods: Prospective comparative study including patients with effort angina. All patients underwent OCT-A before and after an ET was performed.
Purpose: To describe a case of lamellar cataract in a child with a history of neonatal hypoglycemia and illustrate the importance of meticulous history-taking in children with cataracts, especially before planning surgery.
Methods: A single case report.
Results: A 7-year-old girl with a history of neonatal hypoglycemia and ketoacidosis with high suspicion of a primary defect in ketone body utilization who presented with bilateral progressive blurred vision.
Introduction-aim: The emergence of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a threat to global public health. The aim of our study was to determine risk factors for treatment failure in MDR-TB.
Methods: Retrospective study conducted between January 2000 and March 2019 including patients with MDR-TB.
Introduction: Despite therapeutic advances, morbidity attributed to asthma continues to increase. This seems partly to be due to poor adherence.
Aim: To assess therapeutic adherence and the association between poor compliance and asthma control.
Horner's syndrome (HS) is caused by a damage to the oculosympathetic pathway. HS may be congenital, but it is usually acquired and may reveal a life-threatening condition. According to the anatomic location of the underlying pathologic process, HS is classified as central, pre- or postganglionic, when the lesion affects the first, second or third-order neuron, respectively.
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