Optic disc pit: a review
Rosai-Dorfman disease mimicking ...
Rosai-Dorfman disease is rare and typically presents with cervical lymphadenopathy. The disease is generally indolent and self-limited, but it carri ...
Abnormalities of renal function ...
Objective: To investigate the glomerular and proximal tubular renal function and the prevalence of urinary abnormalities in the elderly. Design: Cros ...
Nandrolone decanoate is a good ...
Objective: To assess the efficiency of nandrolone decanoate (ND) in the control of anemia in elderly male patients on hemodialysis (HD), and to deter ...
Peritoneal dialysis in older in ...
Peritoneal dialysis is a viable alternative to hemodialysis for management of elderly patients requiring renal replacement therapy. Peritoneal dialys ...
Should the sale of analgesic mi ...
The excessive use of analgesics and non-steroidal antiflammatory agents (NSAIDs) is strongly associated with an increased prevalence of chronic renal ...
Monitoring hypovolemia in healt ...
Quantification of hypovolemia by physical examination has limited validity. We explored the use of non-invasive measurement of blood pressure (BP) re ...
Acute renal failure in the elde ...
Despite advances in the management of critically ill patients and technological advances in renal replacement therapy (RRT), acute renal failure (AR ...
Mortality in the Jerusalem 70-y ...
Background: Short-acting nifedipine was found to be associated with increased mortality in elderly patients in some studies. Methods: We examined ef ...
Renal artery disease in the eld ...
This brief review discusses the problem of atherosclerotic renal artery obstruction in the elderly. This disorder is common in the elderly; the overa ...
Fluid and electroylyte balance ...
This review will summarize physiologic and pathophysiologic changes in the metabolism of water, sodium, and potassium in elderly individuals. In eac ...
Aging effects on drug dispositi ...
Drug therapy in older individuals has generally been summarized in the phrase “start low and go slow”. As better understanding of the effects and dis ...
Aging kidneys in an aging popul ...
The ‘demographic imperative’ of a progressively aging society will place unprecedented demands on the health care system in the 21st century. Althoug ...
Drug-related renal dysfunction ...
Because of its high blood flow and function to excrete and metabolize xenobiotics, the kidney is especially prone to injury by drugs and chemicals. I ...
The aging penis: Erectile dysfu ...
Over 30 million men and their partners suffer the effects of erectile dysfunction. Erectile dysfunction results in significant psychological, social ...
Medical management of benign pr ...
The management of benign prostatic hyperplasia has undergone a rapid evolution over the past decade from a surgical emphasis to a medical emphasis. G ...
Optic disc pit: a review
Background Since Wiethe first described the clinical presentation of two optic disc depressions in a 62-year-old woman in 1882, there have been many ...
Subfoveal choroidal thickness i ...
Purpose To investigate the subfoveal choroidal thickness in eyes with typical age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and polypoidal choroidal vascul ...
The significance of the complem ...
Background Dysregulation of the complement system has been shown to play a major role in the pathogenesis of agerelated macular degeneration (AMD). ...
Geographic pattern of central r ...
Purpose To evaluate the geographic pattern of central retinal sensitivity and its resolution shortly after intravitreal injection of triamcinolone a ...
Measuring macular pigment optic ...
Background Macular pigment has been the focus of much attention in recent years, as a potential modifiable risk factor for age-related macular degen ...
The parameters of the porcine e ...
domestica) is an ex vivo animal model often used in vision sciences research (retina studies, glaucoma, cataracts, etc.). However, only a few papers ...
Delay between medical indicatio ...
Background Complicated approval procedures and limited short-term surgical capacities can result in time delays between the definition of a medical ...
The Pulfrich effect in the clin ...
First described in 1922 by Carl Pulfrich, the Pulfrich effect is a stereo-illusion thought to be caused by an inter-ocular signal latency difference ...
Recent studies provide an updat ...
Background Recent reviews of blue light-filtering intraocular lenses (IOLs) have stated their potential risks for scotopic vision and circadian phot ...
The effect of laser unit on pho ...
Background To determine the effect of the laser unit on photodynamic therapy (PDT) spot size. Methods A calibrated Gullstrand-type model eye was use ...