Aim: To assess the incidence and associated signs and symptoms of patients with keratoconus in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia. Methods: 125 new keratoconus patie nts (51 male, 74 female; mean age 18.5 (SD 3.8) years; ran...
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Aim: To assess the incidence and associated signs and symptoms of patients with keratoconus in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia. Methods: 125 new keratoconus patie nts (51 male, 74 female; mean age 18.5 (SD 3.8) years; range 8-28 years) were recruited from referrals to the department of ophthalmology, Asir Central Hospital, over a 1 year period. Age, visual acuity, and keratometry were recorded along with clinical signs and symptoms. Results: The incidence of keratoconus in Asir Province is 20 cases per 100 000 population. Also, the disease severity is high, as indicated by an early mean age (17.7 (3.6)-years) with advanced stage keratoconus. Visual acuity, with either spectacles or rigid contact lenses, was 6/12 or better in 98%of eyes measured. just over half (56%) of patients had atopic ocular disease. 16%of patients had a positive family history of the disease and 16%had atopic dermatitis (eczema and/or vitiligo). Conclusion: The incidence and severity of keratoconus in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia, is high with an early onset and more rapid progress to the severe disease stage at a young age. This might reflect the influence of genetic and/or environmental factor(s) in the aetiology of keratoconus.
尽管卒中的预防、诊断、治疗和康复已取得一些进展,但卒中在美国仍然是第三大死亡原因和长期残疾的主要原因。每年约有70万人新发或复发卒中。在过去10年里,急性卒中诊治的一些进展,包括纤溶和其他短期疗法的引入,突出显示了急诊医疗服务(emergency medical services,EMS)机构和急诊医疗服务体系(emergency medical services systems,EMSS)在优化卒中医疗中的关键作用。
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*** int raoperative bleeding cannot always be controlled by standard surgical *** recently reported a new te chnique to repair serious vascular injury using a free graft of omentum or rectus abdominus fascia as an overla y autogenous tissue(OAT)patch in the experimental sheep *** nowdescribe the successful clinical use of this patch in three *** *** al surgerywas per-formed on three patients with pelvic malignancy with re-sulting uncontrollable bleeding fr om the internal iliac vein,pelvic side wall and paravaginal ven ous plexuses,*** was secured usin g an OAT patch madeof abdominus rectus fascia in two cases and appendix epi-ploicae as an omental substitute in t he *** utility of the OAT patch is described in three different clinical *** is suggeste d that this technique may be especially useful to gynecologic oncologists when stan-dard surgical techniques fail to con trol bleeding or there is limited access to the site of injury.
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