Comparison between motility of biointegratable and silicone orbital implants.

Purpose: To determine if there is a difference in motility between biointegratable orbital implants and silicone orbital implants in patients undergoing ocular evisceration.

Design: A retrospective comparative study.

Methods: We compared motility measuring the excursion of a mark on the conjunctiva at the center of the implant in eviscerated patients with silicone implants and biointegratable implants after same evisceration technique.

Epidemiological observations of the judicious use of antibiotics in a pediatric teaching hospital.

Objective: This study in a tertiary care teaching center with 361 beds was conducted to assess use, misuse, and abuse of antibiotics.

Materials And Methods: Every day of the study, a computer program was used to compile a list of patients' bedside records. On a specific day, the bedside charts of selected patients were reviewed to determine whether: (1) a justification for antibiotic prescription was recorded; (2) duration of antibiotic therapy had been defined; (3) suitable cultures had been obtained; and (4) treatment was appropriate for the infection to be treated.