Geographic factors as determinants of food security: a Western Australian food pricing and quality study.

Food affordability and quality can influence food choice. This research explores the impact of geographic factors on food pricing and quality in Western Australia (WA). A Healthy Food Access Basket (HFAB) was cost and a visual and descriptive quality assessment of 13 commonly consumed fresh produce items was conducted in-store on a representative sample of 144 food grocery stores.

An evaluability assessment of a nutrition promotion project for newly arrived refugees.

Issue Addressed: This paper reports on the benefits of conducting an evaluability assessment for a nutrition promotion project for newly arrived refugees to Perth, Western Australia. The assessment was the first step in a planned outcome evaluation. It was undertaken to contribute to the body of knowledge regarding nutritional health and promotion for newly arrived refugees to Australia.

Ultrasound biomicroscopy study of the Verisyse aphakic intraocular lens combined with penetrating keratoplasty in pseudophakic bullous keratopathy.

Purpose: To evaluate anterior segment modifications after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), previous anterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) removal, and Verisyse IOL (AMO) implantation over the iris or under the iris for the treatment of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK) using ultrasound biomicroscopy.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France.

Methods: A prospective randomized comparative case series included 27 patients (27 eyes) with PBK who had PKP and implantation of a Verisyse VRSA54 aphakic IOL.

Amniotic membrane transplantation in severe bacterial keratitis.

Purpose: To determine whether a combination of early amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) and early topical corticosteroid treatment could be a safe adjuvant therapy during antibacterial treatment in severe bacterial keratitis (BK) for relieving pain, avoiding iatrogenic epithelial toxicity, and allowing earlier use of topical steroids.

Methods: In a prospective noncomparative case series, 12 patients with severe microscopically-proven BK were treated with immediate maximal topical antibiotics followed by AMT at 48 hours (single-layer epithelial side-down or multilayer epithelial side-up), plus topical steroid treatment at 72 hours. Pain relief (NRS-11 numeric rating pain scale) and the corneal epithelium healing were measured.

Penetrating keratoplasty combined with posterior Artisan iris-fixated intraocular lens implantation.

Purpose: To present a new surgical technique combining penetrating keratoplasty and open-sky posterior iris fixation of the Artisan iris-claw intraocular lens (IOL) for treatment of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy in a case series of five patients.

Methods: A graft diameter of 8.25 mm was chosen.