Baseline Diabetes Knowledge Assessment Amongst Adults With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Eye Care at a Tertiary Ophthalmic Centre in Canada.

Objectives: The aim of this work was to assess the current state of baseline knowledge of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in new patients referred to a tertiary retina service from their primary eye care provider.

Methods: This single-centre, prospective, observational study included patients presenting to the retina clinic at the Hamilton Regional Eye Institute, a major tertiary referral centre, for their initial consultation for diabetes- or DR-associated complications. Upon recruitment into the study, patients were asked to complete a 35-item questionnaire regarding diabetes and associated complications.

Video interpretation and diagnosis of pediatric amblyopia and eye disease.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the potential of using video screening to interpret the results of paediatric eye examinations.

Design: Prospective multi-centred, blinded study.

Methods: Children aged 5 months to 11 years referred to a paediatric ophthalmology centre were enrolled in the study.

Evaluating patient preparedness for cataract surgery and satisfaction with preoperative care.

Objective: To evaluate preoperative preparedness and patient satisfaction after implementation of the Cataract Screening Preprocedural Questionnaire (CSPQ) at Hamilton Regional Eye Institute.

Design: Single-centred, prospective, cross-sectional study.

Participants/methods: One-hundred fifty-one adult patients undergoing elective cataract surgery completed the CSPQ questionnaire.

Seasonal Variation in the Incidence of Malignant Glaucoma after Cataract Surgery.

Purpose: To investigate a potential link between the incidence of malignant glaucoma after cataract surgery and seasonal variations in daylight.

Methods: In total, 18,374 uncomplicated cataract surgeries were performed between June 2008 and June 2013 at an ambulatory surgery center in Toronto. Toronto's average monthly daylight over that time period-in hours per day for each month-was determined.

Does patient education improve compliance to routine diabetic retinopathy screening?

Introduction: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening relies on adherence to follow-up eye care. This article assesses if a model of patient education and tele-retina screening among high-risk patients with DR can achieve increased rates of compliance within a one-year follow-up.

Methods: Between May 2014 and May 2016, DR screening was conducted in a cohort of 101 patients with diabetes in Southern Ontario.

Ophthalmology referrals from optometry: a comparative study (the R.O.C.S study).

Objective: To characterize emergency optometrist referrals triaged at a tertiary ophthalmology care centre by physical examination findings and provisional diagnosis accuracy.

Design: Prospective case review.

Participants: Consecutive patients referred to a tertiary eye care clinic for an after-hours ocular consult.

Patient satisfaction with wait times at an emergency ophthalmology on-call service.

Objective: To assess patient satisfaction with emergency ophthalmology care and determine the effect provision of anticipated appointment wait time has on scores.

Design: Single-centre, randomized control trial.

Participants: Fifty patients triaged at the Hamilton Regional Eye Institute (HREI) from November 2015 to July 2016.

Discrepancies in physician-patient agreement in reporting ocular history.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of agreement between physicians and patients in reporting ocular history and to determine whether there are any predictive factors for physician-patient consensus.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Participants: Between June and September 2014, adult patients undergoing cataract surgery were recruited for the study.

Aqueous misdirection syndrome: an interesting case presentation.

Objective: To report a case of an aqueous misdirection-like presentation in a pseudophakic patient.

Design: Retrospective case review.

Participant: An 84-year-old pseudophakic gentleman presented with bilateral blurred vision 8 years after cataract surgery.

Clodronate treatment significantly depletes macrophages in chickens.

Macrophages function as phagocytes and antigen-presenting cells in the body. As has been demonstrated in mammals, administration of clodronate [dichloromethylene bisphosphonate (Cl2MBP)] encapsulated liposomes results in depletion of macrophages. Although this compound has been used in chickens, its effectiveness in depleting macrophages has yet to be fully determined.