Diagnostic accuracy of clinical signs, symptoms and point-of-care testing for early adenoviral conjunctivitis.

Clinical Relevance: This study identifies key signs and symptoms of acute conjunctivitis, that when combined with a point-of-care test, can improve clinician accuracy of diagnosing adenoviral conjunctivitis.

Background: Adenoviral conjunctivitis is a common ocular infection with the potential for high economic impact due to widespread outbreaks and subsequent furloughs from work and school. In this report, we describe clinical signs and participant-reported symptoms that most accurately identify polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed adenoviral conjunctivitis.

Success of Masking 5% Povidone-Iodine Treatment: The Reducing Adenoviral Patient Infected Days Study.

Significance: The effectiveness of masking is rarely evaluated or reported in single- or double-masked clinical trials. Knowledge of treatment assignment by participants and clinicians can bias the assessment of treatment efficacy.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of masking in a double-masked trial of 5% povidone-iodine for the treatment of adenoviral conjunctivitis.

Idiopathic amblyopia: a diagnosis of exclusion. A report of 3 patients.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to report the clinical course for 3 young patients diagnosed with idiopathic amblyopia.

Case Reports: The clinical course for 3 young patients with unilateral visual loss initially attributed to idiopathic amblyopia is presented. Extensive evaluations over the years, including optical coherence tomography, were performed in addition to routine clinical testing.

Latanoprost-induced stabilization of central visual function in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.

Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated that visual function as measured by contrast sensitivity (CS) improves in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients following beta-blocker therapy and trabeculoplasty. There is evidence that ocular hypotensive agents, such as latanoprost, may provide benefit in terms of improved visual function, despite relatively small differences in the ocular hypotensive effect, when compared to other drugs. The aim of this study was to prospectively compare the effects of latanoprost and timolol maleate in Gelrite on CS.

Aniseikonia testing in an adult population using a new computerized test, "the Aniseikonia Inspector".

Purpose: To determine the measurement characteristics of a new computerized test, the Aniseikonia Inspector Version 1, on a sample of clinic patients.

Methods: Aniseikonia was measured in the vertical, horizontal, and oblique meridians on 320 patients (mean 55 years old, range 17-89 years) prior to their optometric exam using the psychometric methods programmed into the Aniseikonia Inspector Version 1. Statistical analyses were performed to determine the distribution of aniseikonia in the sample of patients and the relationships between the amount of aniseikonia and patients' habitual refractive correction, visual acuity, stereopsis and binocular alignment status.