Introduction Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, or hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, is a rare genetic disease that causes recurrent epistaxis and anemia. Numerous bleeding vascular malformations can be found throughout the body. Case presentation A 75-year-old woman presented to her hematologist with recurrent epistaxis, iron deficiency anemia, menorrhagia, and hypothyroidism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To investigate acute eye symptoms in healthy children after a typical day of virtual school during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: The study population included 110 healthy children 10-17 years of age who were enrolled in full-time or hybrid virtual school. Children with a history of central nervous system or ocular pathology, recent concussions, reported poor vision, convergence insufficiency, history of orthoptic therapy, strabismus, amblyopia, or learning disorders were excluded.
Importance: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has drastically changed how comprehensive ophthalmology practices care for patients.
Objective: To report practice patterns for common ocular complaints during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic among comprehensive ophthalmology practices in the US.
Design, Setting, And Participants: In this cross-sectional study, 40 private practices and 20 university centers were randomly selected from 4 regions across the US.