Association of digital device usage and dry eye disease in school children.

Purpose: To investigate the influence of digital device use (computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones) on dry eye disease (DED) in a pediatric population.

Settings And Design: This was a cross-sectional study. School children studying in grades 5-9 at two private schools in the city of Ahmedabad, the capital city of Gujarat, India were invited to participate in the study.

Study of dry eye disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus and its association with diabetic retinopathy in Western India.

Purpose: The study was conducted to evaluate occurrence of dry eye disease (DED) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and its association with diabetic retinopathy (DR) in the affected patients in western India.

Methods: One hundred and five type 2 diabetic patients referred to a tertiary eye care center were consecutively selected. A detailed systemic history was evaluated.

Reticular corneal epithelial edema with topical netarsudil.

Rho-associated protein kinase inhibitor (ROCK) therapy for corneal endothelial dysfunction or damage other than glaucoma has been reported with few ocular side effects. We report reticular epithelial edema (REE) with netarsudil (0.02%) therapy in four cases with different clinical scenarios (three cases with corneal transplant and one case postcataract extraction).

Acute graft rejection in a high-risk corneal transplant following COVID-19 vaccination: A case report.

As COVID-19 vaccination is being undertaken all over the world, its side effects are materializing slowly. One such emerging side effect is acute graft rejection in corneal transplant (CT) cases post COVID-19 vaccination. We report a case of left eye (LE) repeat penetrating keratoplasty presenting with diminished vision in LE within 2 days of COVID-19 vaccination (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Corona Virus Vaccine Recombinant, COVISHIELD™).

Foldscope: A smartphone based diagnostic tool for fungal keratitis.

Purpose: Smartphone-based microscopy tool like foldscope (FS) may serve the purpose of a low-cost diagnostic alternative to the compound light microscope especially in areas with limited resources. The purpose of this study was to detect fungal pathogens causing keratitis on direct smear by smartphone-mounted FS and to evaluate the efficacy of FS against routine compound light microscope (CLM).

Methods: The prospective study was conducted at a tertiary eye care center from September 2019 to March 2020.

Amniotic membrane transplant in acute ocular surface burns in Western India: A tertiary eye care center study.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of early amniotic membrane transplant (AMT) in acute ocular surface burns using Dua's classification.

Methods: In this retrospective analysis conducted at a tertiary eye care center in Western India. We included 27 eyes of 24 patients from May 2014 to May 2019 who underwent AMT within 2 weeks post insult along with medical treatment for acute ocular surface burns using Dua's classification for grading on presentation.

An analysis of the use of antimicrobial agents in outdoor patients of ophthalmology.

Objectives: The study was aimed to analyze commonly used antimicrobials in outdoor patients of ophthalmology department.

Materials And Methods: The study was an observational, cross-sectional study carried out in the Department of Pharmacology and Ophthalmology after approval from the head of departments and Institutional Ethics Committee. All the patients age 18 years and above who were prescribed antimicrobials and gave consent were included in study.

First report of evaluation of K-M media: a new corneal preservation medium.

Purpose: To analyze the outcome of keratoplasty performed using Kalevar-Majumdar (K-M) media, a new synthetic viscous medium for preservation of the cornea.

Materials And Methods: The K-M media-preserved donor eye balls were kept in a bottle in a refrigerator at 4 degrees C till the corneas were used. Forty-eight consecutive keratoplasty cases of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy with vision less than counting fingers at one meter and operated by a single surgeon have been analyzed.