Aims and hypothesis Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) remains an important cause of death and disability in newborns. Mild therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is safe and effective; however, there are no tissue biomarkers available at the bedside to select babies for treatment. The aim of this study was to show that it is feasible to study plasma neurofilament light (NfL) levels from newborns and ...

AIM To study the frequency of amblyogenic factors in patients with congenital ptosis. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 114 eyes of 100 patients with congenital ptosis more than 1 year old were included. Amblyopia was defined as best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) less than 10/10 or a difference between the two eyes of at least 2/10. In patients too young to be measured by the linear Sne...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to investigate the role of the pattern visual evoked potential (pVEP) as a predictor of occlusion therapy for patients with strabismic, anisometropic, and isometropic amblyopia. The secondary aim was to compare the characteristics of pVEP between strabismic and anisometropic amblyopia. METHODS This retrospective comparative case series included 120 patients wh...

CONTEXT Considerable controversy regarding fluid replacement during exercise currently exists. OBJECTIVE To compare fluid turnover between National Football League (NFL) players who have constant fluid access and collegiate football players who replace fluids during water breaks in practices. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Respective preseason training camps of 1 National Collegiate ...

OBJECTIVE To find the causes of amblyopia in patients 4 to 14 years old attending out patient Ophthalmology department of Khyber teaching Hospital Peshawar. METHODS In this prospective cohort hospital based study 200 children aged 4-14 years were studied over a period of 12 months from December 2005 to November 2006 in outpatient department of Ophthalmology, Khyber Teaching Hospital. Visual a...

Our study aims to assess nerve fiber layer (NFL) thickness in patients affected by cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy (CADASIL). Six CADASIL patients (mean age 42 +/- 16 years, best corrected visual acuity >20/20 with refractive error between +/-3 diopters, intraocular pressure <18 mmHg) were enrolled. They were compared with 16 age-matche...

Amblyopia is an illness with reduced vision and a number of students are affected with this disease. To determine any association of amblyopia with educational activities, sport and social activities of students involved by amblyopia, this study was carried on. This study was conducted at Boali Hospital in Gazvin, Iran: A total of 110 patients 9 to 15 years (54.5% female and 45.5% male; mean ag...

Amblyopia is an acquired defect in ocular vision that is due to abnormal visual acuity which can be unilateral of bilateral,and can not be directly related to structural defects or optic radiation.Amblyopia can be effectively treated during the first decade of lift in most cases.for this reason in a cross sectional study in 1996 with multistage random sampling 1726 students in age 7-8 years old...

BACKGROUND There has been speculation that running backs with an excessive number of carries in college are less likely to be successful in the National Football League (NFL). PURPOSE To determine whether there is a correlation between number of carries by college running backs and future performance and injury risk in the NFL. STUDY DESIGN Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3. METHODS Usin...

The differentiation between multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Parkinson's disease (PD) is difficult, particularly in early disease stages. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of neurofilament light chain (NFL), fms-like tyrosine kinase ligand (FLT3L), and total tau protein (t-tau) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as biomarkers to discriminate MSA from PD. Using commercially availab...