Outcomes of manual arcuate keratotomy with compression sutures for high regular postkeratoplasty astigmatism.

Purpose: To report functional and refractive outcomes of manual arcuate keratotomy (AK) with compression sutures for high regular postkeratoplasty astigmatism.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany.

Design: Retrospective analysis.

[Modern corneal diagnostics as the key for the correct classification of the disease and optimal treatment decisions].

Corneal diseases include a wide spectrum of different manifestations (inflammatory/noninflammatory) that need to be accurately classified for precise diagnosis and targeted treatment. In addition to the anamnesis and slit lamp biomicroscopy, further device-based examinations can be performed to narrow down the diagnosis. Nowadays, modern corneal imaging provides a variety of technologies, such as topography, tomography, in vivo confocal microscopy and analysis of biomechanics, which are able to reliably classify different pathologies.

Epidemiological Study of Acute Kidney Injury in Intensive Care Unit: Evolution and Prognosis.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is very common in intensive care units (ICUs). Its complications are often fatal, life-threatening, and may lead to kidney impairment. This is a multicentric, prospective, and descriptive study, spread over a period of six months, from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017, including incident cases of AKI defined according to the AKI Network criteria seen in the ICUs of Ibn Rochd University Hospital of Casablanca.