Ocular Trauma: Trends and Considerations for Resident Education

Adaptive Hypermedia in Education: New Considerations and Trends

This paper presents a new classification of adaptive hypermedia, starting from one of the best-known and adding other features that are relevant in adaptive hypermedia and have not been considered till now, such as: the generality degree, the hyperspace design, the educational strategies, the user’s action tracing, the maintenance, the information access, and some technical requirements. It mak...

Incidental Ocular Trauma by Pencil and Pen in Children

Purpose: To determine features of eye trauma associated with self-trauma by pens and pencils among children. Methods: Thirty-six children suffering from self-inflicted eye trauma with pens or pencils were included in this prospective cross-sectional study. Results: The age range of the participants was 2-14 years with an average of 5.6 years and a standard deviation of 2.7, with a male: female ...

Ocular trauma and glaucoma.

Development of glaucoma must be considered after any ocular trauma. Transient or prolonged elevations in intraocular pressure (IOP) and damage to the trabecular meshwork and other structures predispose traumatized eyes to the development of glaucomatous optic nerve loss. Each trauma case is unique, but ocular injury tends to occur in certain patterns. An understanding of these patterns allows o...

Ocular Trauma: History and Examination

Paediatric ocular trauma

Ocular injuries are the most common cause of acquired uniocular blindness in children. Paediatric ocular injuries are distinct from those in adults in many ways. Ocular trauma in children is mainly accidental and has an age-specific pattern. Children are most frequently injured at home by common and relatively innocuous objects. Most injuries occur by mechanical trauma. Penetrating trauma invol...