PURPOSE To estimate the 3-year incidence of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and its treatment by laser photocoagulation in elderly Americans. DESIGN Population-based cohort study using insurance claims data. PARTICIPANTS A random 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries, age 65 and older. METHODS Incidence of exudative AMD and of laser photocoagulation for this condition was a...

TOPIC: Procedures TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Symptomatic pleural effusions are commonly managed with invasive procedures including thoracentesis or tube thoracostomies. However, these carry risks such as pneumothorax, hemothorax, and infection. Minor complications of pain cough also well known. We report the first case subcutaneous edema without seroma following p...

INTRODUCTION Exudative retinal detachments occur as a result of fluid flow alterations and breakdown of the blood retinal barrier which is seen in inflammatory, infectious and neoplastic disease states in addition to abnormal vasculature. Ischaemic central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is uncommonly associated with exudative detachments (1, 2). We report a case of exudative retinal detachments ...

PURPOSE To compare the state of the posterior vitreous in exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with eyes with nonexudative AMD and controls. DESIGN Prospective, observational case series. METHODS B-scan ultrasonography and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were performed in 163 eyes from 82 subjects older than 55 years, 50 eyes with exudative AMD, 57 with nonexudative AMD, and ...

AIM To clarify whether the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) independently contributes to the development of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) compared with carotid arteriosclerosis parameters and other risk factors. METHODS Eighty-eight consecutive patients with exudative AMD were enrolled. A control group (40 age-matched men, 65 years of age or older) was also evaluated, and...

Background: Blind percutaneous pleural biopsy has traditionally been performed to investigate the etiology of exudative pleural effusion in which the initial thoracocentesis has been non- diagnostic. In view of the increasing use of image-guided and thoracoscopic pleural biopsies, this study examined the role of blind Abrams pleural biopsy in the investigation of the exudative pleural effusion ...

Purpose: To examine the common single-nucleotide polymorphisms in complement factor H (CFH), LOC387715, and HTRA1 genes as potential risk factors for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the mainland Chinese. Methods: A cohort of 121 unrelated patients with exudative AMD and 132 ageand sexmatched control subjects, all unrelated ethnic Chinese from Northern China, enrolled in this...

Exudative retinal detachment occurs when fluid accumulates between the neurosensory retina and pigment epithelium. Ocular diseases or multisystem conditions such as nephrotic syndrome may lead to exudative detachment. This report describes a case of secondary minimal change disease, anasarca bilateral serous macular in an adult patient. A 75-year-old male patient presented emergency department ...