Current clinical practice of consultant ophthalmologists in treating herpetic eye disease in the United Kingdom
| Autor: | K Ikram, K Ziahosseini |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Stromal keratitis genetic structures business.industry Eye disease Unilateral blindness medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Antiviral Agents Dermatology United Kingdom eye diseases Clinical Practice Ophthalmology Herpes simplex virus Recurrence Keratitis Herpetic Recurrent disease medicine Humans Treatment strategy Practice Patterns Physicians' business |
| Zdroj: | Eye. 23:993-994 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5454 0950-222X |
| DOI: | 10.1038/eye.2008.45 |
| Popis: | Herpes simplex virus continues to be a leading cause of chronic corneal opacification and unilateral blindness. No similar studies have been previously conducted in the United Kingdom. A 12-question circular was posted to 903 consultant ophthalmologists. It evaluated treatment pattern of primary and recurrent epithelial and stromal keratitis. Treatment strategies were more uniform than expected, agreeing with Herpetic Eye Disease Study guidelines in the treatment of epithelial and stromal keratitis, but showing deviation in the use of antiviral agents for recurrent disease. The UK clinical practice for treating herpetic eye disease is consistent but deviates from Herpetic Eye Disease Study guidelines in some areas. Increased awareness of HEDS data could address this issue. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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