Acute Chemical Eye Injury and Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency-A Prospective Study in the United Kingdom.

Purpose: To analyze the incidence, nature, outcomes, and complications of acute chemical eye injuries, including the incidence of limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) and to compare the 2 main classifications for ocular chemical injuries: Roper-Hall (RH) and Dua.

Methods: This is a prospective, consecutive, interventional single-center study between April and October 2009 of all new patients with acute chemical eye injury presenting to the Royal Victoria Infirmary eye emergency department (EED).

Results: Of 11,683 patients who attended the EED, 98 patients (110 eyes) presented with acute chemical eye injury (60% male).

Evaluation of quality of life and priorities of patients with glaucoma.

Purpose: To investigate the quality of life and priorities of patients with glaucoma.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with glaucoma and no other ocular comorbidity were consecutively recruited. Clinical information was collected.

The quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies of optical coherence tomography in glaucoma.

Objective: To evaluate the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in glaucoma.

Design: Descriptive series of published studies.

Participants: Published studies reporting a measure of the diagnostic accuracy of OCT for glaucoma.