| March 2005 | Subscription Information | Volume 31, Number 3 |
| Continuing Medical Education | CME Expiration: September 1, 2005 |
JCRS CME Quiz
Quiz must be completed individually and answers based on personal knowledge gained from reading the selected articles.
Questions developed by Yanina Kostina-O’Neil, MD, and David E. Silverstone, MD, Chairman, ASCRS Continuing Medical Education.
Combined
pars plana vitrectomy and phacoemulsification to restore visual acuity
in patients with chronic uveitis
Sofia Androudi, MD, Muna Ahmed, MD, C. Stephen Forster, MD
1. According to the article, what percentage of patients had improved visual acuity after phacoemulsification and pars plana vitrectomy?
a. 25.6
b. 48.0
c. 72.2
d. 83.4
2.
How many patients were involved in the study?
a.
26
b. 34
c. 51
d. 64
3.
What conditions carried the highest risk factors for IOL intolerance?
a.
sarcoidosis
b. intermediate uveitis
c. panuveitis
d. all the above
Medical
control of intraocular pressure after phacoemulsification
Volkan Dayanir, MD, Fatin Ozcura, MD, Erkin Kir, MD, Aziz Topaloglu,
MD, Seyhan B. Ozkan, MD, Turgay Akyunc, MD
4.
According to the article, brinzolamide was
a.
as effective as acetazolamide in preventing IOP elevation 4 to 6 hours
after phacoemulsification
b. less effective than acetazolamide in preventing IOP spike 4 to 6
hours after cataract surgery
c. less effective than acetazolamide 18 to 24 hours after surgery
d. not effective in preventing IOP elevation 4 to 6 hours after cataract
surgery compared with the control group
5.
The study design was
a.
retrospective
b. prospective nonrandomized
c. retrospective double-blind
d. prospective randomized double-blind
6. What method was used to measure IOP?
a.
applanation tonometry
b. Tono-Pen
c. Perkins tonometry
d. Goldmann tonometry
Posterior
assisted levitation: Long-term follow-up data
Tova Lifshitz, MD, Jaime Levy, MD
7.
According to the article, what is the incidence of posterior capsule
tear during ECCE?
a.
0.5% to 5.6%
b. 0.3% to 9.8%
c. 0.2% to 10.3%
d. 0.7% to 12.3%
8.
What risk factors contribute to a high incidence of posterior capsule
tear and vitreous loss?
a.
pseudoexfoliation
b. diabetes mellitus
c. trauma
d. all the above
9.
A technique for managing a sinking dropped nucleus, posterior-assisted
levitation, was first described by Packard and Kelman in
a.
1997
b. 1996
c. 1995
d. 1999
Evaluation
of apparent ectasia of the posterior surface of the cornea after keratorefractive
surgery
Yoshiaki Nawa, MD, Kozo Masuda, ORT, Tetsuo Ueda, MD, Yoshiaki Hara,
MD Hiroshi Uozato, PhD
10.
What was the assumed postoperative corneal thickness in the study?
a.
500 mm
b. 480 mm
c. 460 mm
d. 520 mm
11.
According to the study, after keratorefractive surgery and using the
standard parameters described in the article, the corneal surface moves
forward by
a.
30.28 mm
b. 36.45 mm
c. 48.24 mm
d. 52.26 mm
12.
According to the article, using the assumptions of the study, a myopic
correction of 10.D corresponds to ____ mm of the posterior surface of
the cornea.
a.
48.24
b. 56.22
c. 48.34
d. 68.24
Severe
anaphylactic reaction after intracameral antibiotic administration during
cataract surgery
Jose R. Villada, MD, MRCOphth, Ubaldo Vicente, MD, Jaime Javaloy,
MD, Jorge L. Alio, MD
13.
The case report described in the study is about severe anaphylactic
reaction after
a.
intracameral antibiotic administration during cataract surgery
b. intracameral anesthetic administration during cataract surgery
c. intravitreal antibiotic injection during cataract surgery
d. sub-Tenon’s antibiotic injection after cataract surgery
14.
What antibiotic caused the patient to develop an anaphylactic reaction?
a.
tobramycin
b. getamycin
c. cefuroxime
d. penicillin
15.
In what time frame did the anaphylactic reaction occur in the case report?
a.
5 minutes
b. 10 minutes
c. 30 minutes
d. 90 minutes