Relationship between ocular surface disease and patient's satisfaction among cataract surgical patients in Nigeria.

Purpose: To determine the effect of clinical and cytological features of ocular surface disease on patient's satisfaction following small incision cataract surgery at a tertiary eye care centre.

Method: This is a prospective observational study of 70 consecutive consenting patients who underwent manual small incision cataract surgery(MSICS) at a tertiary eye care centre. All participants underwent ocular surface profile assessment using Schirmer I test (ST1), tear film break-up time (TBUT), conjunctival impression cytology (CIC) and ocular surface disease index (OSDI) at pre-operative visit, 1-week and 4-week post-operative visit.

Burden of family caregivers of ophthalmic patients in a university teaching hospital in south-west Nigeria.

Background: The family provides support in the care of their ill members and suffers some burden during caregiving. This study assessed the burden of family caregivers and associated factors in an ophthalmic clinic situated in a university teaching hospital in southwest Nigeria.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study where consenting family caregivers of ophthalmic patients completed a semi-structured questionnaire containing information on their socio-demographic characteristics and caregiving burden using the Zarit burden interview.

keratomycosis in Nigeria: the challenge of limited access to effective antimicrobials.

Introduction: We report a rare cause of keratitis, due to , in a farmer with keratomycosis. Despite the acknowledged virulence of this fungus, a suitable antifungal for its management was not accessible.

Case Presentation: A 67-year-old farmer presented with a two-week history of pain, mucopurulent discharge, redness and a corneal ulcer with a visual acuity of hand movement in the right eye.

Visual impairment and blindness in type 2 diabetics: Ife-Ijesa diabetic retinopathy study.

Diabetes and blindness are important health issues globally; we determined the prevalence of blindness, diabetic retinopathy, and other eye diseases in Nigerian-type 2 diabetics. A prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted on consenting type 2 diabetic patients who had scheduled comprehensive eye examination including dilated funduscopy with +78DS. Visual status was graded using the WHO criteria.

The relationship between the response of Plasmodium falciparum malaria to mefloquine in African children and its sensitivity in vitro.

The clinical efficacy of two doses of mefloquine (15 and 25 mg/kg body weight) was evaluated in 85 children suffering from acute symptomatic falciparum malaria. The cure rate on day 28 was 100% in both groups. There was no significant difference (P > 0.