Efficacy of light-transmitting eye shields for wound dressing in preventing pediatric emergence agitation following bilateral strabismus surgeries: a randomized clinical trial.

Background: Emergence agitation (EA) occurs in preschool children after ophthalmic surgery as eye shields induce visual disturbance. We aimed to investigate the efficacy of light-transmitting eye shields as an alternative to traditional medical gauze eye shields for wound dressing in terms of EA incidence following strabismus surgery.

Methods: We randomly assigned 70 preschool children undergoing bilateral strabismus surgery to receive either light-transmitting (LT group, n = 35) or medical gauze (MG group, n = 35) eye shields upon the completion of surgery.

The efficiency of quick response code versus telephone contact for post-discharge follow-up after ophthalmic day surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To assess and compare the efficiency of quick response (QR) code versus telephone contact for post-discharge follow-up in patients receiving low-risk ophthalmic day surgery.

Methods: One hundred and sixty patients undergoing strabismus day-care surgery with general anesthesia were randomly allocated to either the intervention group using QR code (QR group) or the control group receiving telephone call (TEL group) for post-discharge follow-up. The primary outcome was the follow-up overall attendance rate on the second postoperative day.

Using Clinical-Based Discharge Criteria to Discharge Patients After Ophthalmic Ambulatory Surgery Under General Anesthesia: An Observational Study.

Purpose: To verify the feasibility of the clinical-based discharge (CBD) criteria and identify the reasons of long postanesthesia care unit length of stay (PACU-LOS) for ophthalmic ambulatory surgical patients under general anesthesia.

Design: A prospectively observational study conducted at a tertiary eye center in China.

Methods: Medical records were collected from patients admitted for strabismus ambulatory surgery under general anesthesia from September 2018 to March 2019.

Comparison of sedation by intranasal dexmedetomidine and oral chloral hydrate for pediatric ophthalmic examination.

Background And Aim: Pediatric ophthalmic examinations can be conducted under sedation either by chloral hydrate or by dexmedetomidine. The objective was to compare the success rates and quality of ophthalmic examination of children sedated by intranasal dexmedetomidine vs oral chloral hydrate.

Methods: One hundred and forty-one children aged from 3 to 36 months (5-15 kg) scheduled to ophthalmic examinations were randomly sedated by either intranasal dexmedetomidine (2 μg·kg , n = 71) or oral chloral hydrate (80 mg·kg , n = 70).

Sedation effects of intranasal dexmedetomidine delivered as sprays versus drops on pediatric response to venous cannulation.

Objectives: Mucosal atomization device (MAD) was designed to increase the bioavailability of intranasal medications by facilitating absorption, the present study aimed to evaluate and compare the sedation effects of intranasal dexmedetomidine delivered as drops versus sprays on pediatric responses to intravenous cannulation.

Methods: One hundred and six pediatric patients (aged from 2 to 5years) scheduled for elective ophthalmic surgery were intranasally received a dose of 2μg/kg in 20μl/kg of dexmedetomidine for sedation to reduce response to venous cannulation. The patients were randomized into syringe group and MAD group in which dexmedetomidine was delivered as drops or sprays via syringe or MAD respectively.

[Effect of FACE on competition between a C3 crop (rice, Oryza sativa) and a C4 weed (barnyardgrass, Echinochloa crusgalli)].

The growth and competition of a C3 crop rice and a C4 weed, barnyardgrass under FACE(free-air carbon dioxide enrichment) conditions were studied by field experiment. The results showed that under FACE condition, the biomass and yield, leaf number, tiller number, and leaf area index of rice increased, while those of barnyardgrass decreased. Both of the leaf area indexed of rice and barnyardgrass were decreased, while their net assimilation rate increased.