ABSTRACT
Background: laser in situ keratomileusis [LASIK] has being used as the most effective and common refractive surgical procedure of choice for correction and elimination of myopic errors. The use of refractive surgeries has aided subjects to get rid of contact lenses either soft or rigid as well as eye glasses. Objective: Evaluate the level of satisfaction and the impact on the quality of life in myopic patients after a LASIK operation
Methods: this is a cross-sectional and community based survey study in which 111 participants were enrolled. All patients underwent a data collection and Satisfaction assessment including a 29 Likert model statements
Results: high levels of satisfaction [81.9%] and quality of life [76.5%] were found among myopic patients. Most of patients did LASIK to get rid of their glasses and to have good visual results regarding to reading, driving, swimming at day light or at night. The majority of subjects revealed that the surgery achieved their goal, and 83.8% would praise LASIK for friends. Females showed a significant higher motive for performing LASIK to improve their general look. The medical professions showed lower levels of satisfaction toward quality of vision than educational professions
Conclusion: a high level of satisfaction, quality of life and vision satisfaction was found in the present study after LASIK among myopic patients in Aljouf city
ABSTRACT
Admission rate to neonatal intensive care units [NICU] was considerably increased over the past few decades. Short-term outcomes had been enhanced, and mortality rates had decreased. However, the impact of advanced neonatal care interventions on long-term outcome of infants was not thoroughly reviewed
Objectives: the aim of this review is to investigate the effect of NICU admission on long-term developmental and nutritional outcomes in early childhood years
Methods: Medical database, particularly Medline and Cochrane Library were searched for studies, researches, and review articles about the long-term outcome of neonates who were admitted at neonatal intensive care unit, particularly from the nutritional and developmental perspectives
Results: overall impact of NICU admission on long-term outcome is generally related to the etiological indication of admission; Hypoglycemia, tetanus, low birth weight, and prematurity had a negative impact on childhood development. Adequate nutrition and rapid growth velocity in NICU improved nutritional and physical development
Discussion: long-term outcome of neonatal intensive care unit admission depends to a large degree on the etiology of admission. Adequate nutritional support at neonatal intensive care units had improved developmental and nutritional outcome of preterm and very preterm infants. Term and late term infants admitted at NICUs were not significantly different from their counterparts who were not admitted at NICUs on long-term outcomes
Conclusions: admission at NICU is not an independent risk factor for poor nutritional or developmental outcome at early childhood years, but the etiological indication of NICU admission was more predicting. Early nutrition for low birth weight babies improved nutritional development