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Researchers from City Hospital report details of new studies and findings in the area of life sciences

Published in Hospital Business Week, August 12th, 2007

New investigation results, "Dilated examination of patients referred with minor lid complaints--is it necessary," are detailed in a study published in Eye. Researchers in Birmingham, the United Kingdom conducted a study "To evaluate whether dilated fundus examination is necessary on patients presenting to clinic with lid complaints and normal vision. Patients with lid complaints were recruited from general and emergency clinics."

"Patients with visual symptoms or previous ophthalmic history were excluded. Subjects were examined by a junior ophthalmologist with slit-lamp biomicroscopy and Goldmann tonometry. Dilated posterior segment examination was performed with...

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