Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of People with Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection during the Early COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

This study provides epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 492 consecutive patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Saudi Arabia between March and September 2020. Data were collected from electronic case reports. The cohort was 54% male, with 20.

Patterns of antiseizure medication prescription in pregnancy and maternal complications in women with epilepsy: A retrospective study in Saudi Arabia.

Aim: To evaluate patterns of antiseizure medication (ASM) prescription in pregnancy and changes over a 16-year period: 2005-2020, and to investigate maternal complications in pregnant women with epilepsy (WWE).

Method: Data of pregnant WWE was retrospectively reviewed at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Results: Out of 162 pregnancies, 81.

Marital status among patients with epilepsy in Saudi Arabia.

There are no adequate studies on Saudi Arabia regarding the effect of the social environment on marriage among people with epilepsy (PWE). To fill this gap in the literature, we investigated the marital status of PWE to determine the factors affecting their marital prospects. The subjects of the study included PWE aged 18 years or above, recruited between 1998 and 2019 from the Epilepsy Registry of King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Antiseizure medications use during pregnancy and congenital malformations: A retrospective study in Saudi Arabia.

Aim: To evaluate the incidence of congenital malformations in children exposed prenatally to antiseizure medications (ASMs), to assess other perinatal and fetal complications, and to determine the potential predictors for these complications.

Method: A retrospective review of pregnancy outcomes of women with epilepsy. Patients were followed up at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, between Dec 1993 and Oct 2020.

Corneal Cross-Linking With Verteporfin and Nonthermal Laser Therapy.

Purpose: To test whether verteporfin with a nonthermal laser increases corneal mechanical stiffness and resistance to enzymatic degradation ex vivo.

Methods: Thirty human corneas (n = 5 per group) were treated with verteporfin alone (V), irradiated with nonthermal laser therapy (689 nm) alone (NTL), or received combined treatment of verteporfin with nonthermal laser therapy for 1 sequence (V+NTL1) or 6 sequences (V+NTL6) of 1 minute of NTL exposure. Positive controls were pretreated with 0.

Ex Vivo Study of Transepithelial Corneal Cross-linking.

Purpose: To perform in vitro assessment of different techniques of transepithelial corneal cross-linking (CXL) and to compare the results to deepithelialized CXL.

Methods: Transepithelial CXL was performed after pre-treatment with or without penetration enhancers (gum cellulose, 0.44% sodium chloride, and 0.

Femtosecond laser (WaveLight FS200) customized keratoplasty for keratoconus: case report.

Purpose: To describe a case of a 52-year-old man with severe keratoconus who underwent femtosecond laser-assisted keratoplasty with the WaveLight FS200 femtosecond laser (Alcon Laboratories Inc).

Methods: The donor and recipient corneas were cut in a mushroom-shaped pattern. The laser parameters used on this platform for the donor and recipient corneas are described.

Anterior chamber depth in normal subjects by rotating scheimpflug imaging.

Purpose: Anterior chamber depth (ACD) is an important preoperative parameter in anterior segment surgery. Several factors are known to influence ACD, including race and geography. Our purpose was to sample data from various countries to characterize differences in ACD worldwide and, if any, assess their level of clinical significance.

Comparison of central corneal thickness measurements by Pentacam, noncontact specular microscope, and ultrasound pachymetry in normal and post-LASIK eyes.

Purpose: To compare central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements taken with Pentacam, noncontact specular microscope (NCSM), and ultrasound pachymetry (US) in normal and post-laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) eyes and to assess the agreement between the three devices.

Design: Prospective clinical trial.

Patients And Methods: Central corneal thickness (CCT) was measured in 94 eyes of normal volunteer and in 72 eyes of post-LASIK patients.