Victoria L. Tseng, MD, PhD; Rowan T. Chlebowski, MD, PhD; Fei Yu, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(1):3-10. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.4512
This cohort study examines the association between cataract surgery and total and cause-specific mortality in older patients with cataract in the Women’s Health Initiative.
Tiffany Chan, OD; David S. Friedman, MD, MPH, PhD; Chris Bradley, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(1):12-19. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.4655
This study uses data from the 2007-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to report the prevalence and incidence of low vision and blindness in the US population.
Isaac H. Goldstein, BA; Michelle R. Hribar, PhD; Sarah Read-Brown, BA; et al.
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JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(1):20-26. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.4816
This single-center cohort study quantifies the association of the presence of residents and fellows with efficiency in an outpatient ophthalmology clinic.
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Invited Commentary
Presence of Trainees and Appointment Times
Jennifer L. Lindsey, MD; Paul Sternberg Jr, MD
JAMA Ophthalmol
Raj K. Maturi, MD; Adam R. Glassman, MS; Danni Liu, MSPH; et al.
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JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(1):29-38. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.4914
In this phase 2 randomized clinical trial, the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network compares continued ranibizumab treatment alone vs ranibizumab plus dexamethasone in patients with persistent diabetic macular edema.
Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS; Kapil G. Kapoor, MD; Joshua L. Tootoo, MS; et al.
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JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(1):39-45. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.5081
This population-based cohort study determined the estimated travel time to the nearest ophthalmologist office for residents of Kentucky, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, where optometrists’ scope of practice has been expanded, and quantified travel time for patients who received surgical care from optometrists in those states from 2008 through 2014.
Sarah R. Hatt, DBO; David A. Leske, MS; Kemuel L. Philbrick, MD; et al.
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JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(1):46-52. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.5088
This study identifies factors associated with failure of adult strabismus–20 questionnaire scores to improve following strabismus surgery.
Brian C. Stagg, MD; Nidhi Talwar, MA; Cynthia Mattox, MD; et al.
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JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(1):53-60. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.5101
This cohort study determines trends in use of ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient departments for cataract surgery from 2001 to 2014 and factors affecting the site of surgery.
Cherie A. Fathy, MD, MPH; James W. Pichert, PhD; Henry Domenico, MS; et al.
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JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(1):61-67. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.5154
This cohort study compares data on unsolicited patient complaints from Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Patient Advocacy Reporting System stratified by ophthalmologist age.
Yi-Ting Hsieh, MD, PhD; Meng-Ju Tsai, MD; Shih-Te Tu, MD; et al.
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JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(1):68-74. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.5202
This cohort study investigates the association of chronic kidney disease with the development of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema in type 2 diabetes
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Invited Commentary
Considerations When Temporal Order Is Not Clear
Kristine E. Lee, MS
JAMA Ophthalmol
Leanne Stunkel, MD; Nathan H. Kung, MD; Bradley Wilson, MA; et al.
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JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(1):76-81. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.5470
This cross-sectional study assesses the incidence of and characterizes factors contributing to overdiagnosis of acute optic neuritis.