Conservative therapy for chalazia: is it really effective?

Intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injection for primary and recurrent chalazia: is it really effective?

PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of intralesional triamcinolone acetonide (TA) injection in primary and recurrent chalazia. DESIGN Retrospective, interventional, consecutive case series. PARTICIPANTS One hundred forty-seven patients with primary or recurrent chalazia (155 cases) treated at the oculoplastic clinic at the Jules Stein Eye Institute between January 1, 2000, and Decem...

Short Communication Tailored nutrition education: is it really effective?

Objective: There has been a growing interest in tailored nutrition education over the previous decade, with a number of literature reviews suggesting this intervention strategy holds considerable potential. Nevertheless, the majority of intervention trials undertaken to date have employed subjective self-report outcome measures (such as dietary recalls). The aim of the present review is to furt...

Conservative management of epidural hematomas: is it safe and is it cost-effective?

Determining when surgery is not appropriate is just as critical as establishing when to operate for certain neurologic diseases. Since the earliest clinical description of an epidural hematoma (EDH), treatment with prompt surgical evacuation has been the standard of care for the prevention of death or neurologic morbidity. In the post-CT era, this dogma has been challenged. Recently the nonsurg...

Editorial Supplementary oxygen therapy in COPD: is it really useful?

Supplementary oxygen therapy in COPD: is it really useful?

Many patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) develop hypoxaemia at rest when awake as their disease progresses. This may or may not be accompanied by hypercapnia but is a poor prognostic feature, independent of the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV 1). 1 For many years the scientific study of COPD was driven by the need to gain a greater understanding of the ...