Acta ophthalmologica
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To investigate the clinical features of all patients with acute-onset diplopia presenting to the ophthalmology department. ⋯ Acute onset diplopia is an uncommon and challenging presentation for the ophthalmologist to manage. These results demonstrate that the aetiology is commonly identifiable at the first presentation based on clinical evaluation, only a small percentage require urgent radiological investigation and a small minority of cases are likely to have serious emergent pathology.
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Acta ophthalmologica · Jun 2014
Prevalence and risk factors of visual impairment and blindness in Korea: the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2008-2010.
To describe the age, gender specific prevalence and risk factors of visual impairment and blindness in Korea. ⋯ The prevalence of visual impairment was demonstrated to be higher while that of blindness was similar to previous population studies in Asia or U.S. Sociodemographic disparities are present in the prevalence of visual impairment and more targeted efforts are needed to promote vision screening in high risk groups.