Publications by authors named "Philomena McNamara"
The Australian paralysis tick () is found along the east coast of Australia. Tick bites may result in paralysis ranging from muscular weakness to ascending paralysis requiring respiratory support. Ocular complications and facial nerve involvement are rare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Falls are the leading cause of injury-related emergency presentations, hospital admissions and deaths in Victorians over the age of 65. While there is extensive literature analysing traumatic injuries resulting from falls in older patients, there is little data on ocular injuries in this patient group.
Methodology: A retrospective audit of all patients over 65 years referred to the Ophthalmology Department of a tertiary hospital following fall from standing height between January 2009 and December 2018 to determine the demographics, injury setting, ophthalmic injuries, interventions and outcomes of ocular trauma secondary to falls.
Background: Quality of life may be negatively impacted following cataract surgery if glasses prescription is delayed. This study aims to confirm the refractive stabilisation time in an Australian population to form the basis for suggesting an appropriate timeframe for spectacle prescription.
Methods: Participants (51 female and 35 male) were recruited one day after uncomplicated unilateral cataract surgery using a monofocal intraocular lens.
Purpose: Peripheral refraction is commonly used to infer retinal shape. Because of the different prevalence of myopia in the white compared with East Asian populations, peripheral refraction along the horizontal meridian was compared in white and East Asian young adults with emmetropic, low myopic, and moderately myopic refractive errors.
Methods: Thirty-five white and 37 East Asian subjects were recruited with central refraction between +1.