#2Ling Ing Lau(NYMU: National Yang-Ming University)H-Index: 4
Last. Yi Ming Shyr(NYMU: National Yang-Ming University)H-Index: 7
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Abstract Background The effect of pancreas transplantation on diabetic retinopathy remains inconclusive. Herein, we report six patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) who underwent pancreas transplantation and developed acute macular edema and peripapillary soft exudate with rapid progression to proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Methods In this retrospective observational study, diabetic patients who underwent pancreas transplantation in a single medical center and developed symptomatic ac...
We report two cases of macular edema treated with the oral administration of furosemide. The first case presented here was a 78-year-old male patient with visual disturbance of the left eye. He had been taking an oral agent for diabetes and had chronic renal failure for 7 years. From 10 days prior to the visit, he had visual disturbance of the left eye accompanied by systemic edema. There were no specific findings in the anterior segment, but sub-retinal fluid was observed in the left fundus. Ma...
Last. Aniki Rothova(UU: Utrecht University)H-Index: 47
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Purpose To report on two patients who developed rapid progression of asymmetric diabetic retinopathy (DRP) in eyes affected by posterior uveitis in contrast to their fellow eyes not affected by uveitis. Design Observational case report. Methods Two patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and unilateral uveitis underwent repeated ophthalmologic examinations and fluorescein angiography. Results Two patients with DM and unilateral posterior uveitis developed proliferative DRP in eyes with previous uve...
#1Vikas Bhalla(UCSD: University of California, San Diego)H-Index: 19
#2Susan R. Isakson(UCSD: University of California, San Diego)H-Index: 6
Last. Alan S. Maisel(UCSD: University of California, San Diego)H-Index: 95
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Background Patients with hypertension are at high risk for the development of left ventricular dysfunction (LVD). Echocardiography is considered to be the gold standard for diagnosis of LVD; but its cost, complexity, and availability prevents its use for frequent evaluation. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal BNP (NT-BNP) can identify heart failure in dyspneic patients. Impedance cardiography (ICG) is a noninvasive method of measuring hemodynamic and electromechanical timing paramete...
#1Sundeep Dev(MCW: Medical College of Wisconsin)H-Index: 20
#2Jose S. Pulido(UIUC: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign)H-Index: 64
Last. Thomas B. Connor(MCW: Medical College of Wisconsin)H-Index: 31
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Abstract Objective To determine the effect of endophthalmitis on diabetic retinopathy. Design Noncomparative case series. Methods The records of all consecutive patients with endophthalmitis treated between 1992 and 1997 at the Medical College of Wisconsin were retrospectively reviewed. Those patients with diabetes mellitus were analyzed. Participants From 77 reviewed records, 11 patients (12 eyes; 14%) were identified as diabetics with endophthalmitis and were studied. Main outcome measures Sta...
#1Juan E. Grunwald(UPenn: University of Pennsylvania)H-Index: 64
#2Charles E. Riva(UPenn: University of Pennsylvania)H-Index: 62
Last. Paul A. Epstein(UPenn: University of Pennsylvania)H-Index: 2
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Abstract The effect of an insulin-induced decrease in blood glucose on the retinal blood flow (Q) was studied in 12 type II diabetics, using bidirectional laser Doppler velocimetry (BLDV) and monochromatic fundus photography. Q was first measured during hyperglycemia and then during normoglycemia which was achieved within approximately 3 hours by intravenous insulin administration. At normoglycemia, Q was 15% lower than at hyperglycemia ( P P
In a study of retinopathy during one year of tight blood glucose control 45 type I (insulin dependent) diabetics without proliferative retinopathy were randomised to receive either continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion, multiple insulin injections, or conventional insulin treatment (controls). Near normoglycaemia was achieved with continuous infusion and multiple injections but not with conventional treatment. Blind evaluation of fluorescein angiograms performed three monthly showed progressi...
• In a population-based study in southern Wisconsin, 1,370 patients given diagnoses of diabetes at age 30 years or older were examined using standard protocols to determine the prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy and associated risk variables. The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy varied from 28.8% in persons who had diabetes for less than five years to 77.8% in persons who had diabetes for 15 or more years. The rate of proliferative diabetic retinopathy varied from 2.0% in persons ...