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A new drug delivered as eye drops is introduced for the treatment of
chronic simple glaucoma. Discuss with appropriate statistical methods how
the efficacy of this drug can be assessed.
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Your are asked to mount an eye safety campaign in the United Kingdom.
Give your recommendations (with justications) and an indication of priorities
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A prospective audit is proposed of the following complications of trabeculectomy
Flat anterior chamber
Hyphaema
The need for further surgery
Describe how you would organize such an audit arranging your answer
under the following subheading:
a. setting standards
b. collecting the data
c. using the results
You should base your answer on a single hospital department which is
familiar to you. Include details of any characteristics of the department,
such as the number of operations per week, that influence the way that
you plan the audit
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What are the principles of the computerized tomography (CT scan)? Outline
its use in ophthalmology
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Write short notes on: a. the relative merits of CT scanning and MRI
scanning
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Describe the adverse effects of light on the eye and ocular changes
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Discuss the pathogenesis, investigations and management of choroidal
detachment.
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Describe the pathological effects of radiant energy of different wavelengths
on the eye and ocular adnexae with special reference to the macular and
light of visible wavelength. State how significant exposure may occur and
how these effects can be minimized
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Discuss the sue of ionizing radiation in diseases of the eye and adnexa.