Inheritance of ocular dominance

Evidence for an inherited component in the determination of the preferred eye in sighting dominance is presented that replicates the earlier findings by Merrell (1957). Significantly more left-sighting-preferent individuals were found in the progeny of R×L and L×L matings than in the R×R matings.The preparation of this study was supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant MH-21989.     

Inheritance of Bartter syndrome

The Bartter syndrome is regarded as an autosomal recessive trait because of sib occurrence, equal sex ratio, and normal parents. Recently, obligatory carriers were shown to have the same pattern of platelet aggregation inhibition as their affected children, possibly a reflection of altered prostaglandin action. We investigated eight patients, and their parents and sibs, and found that all persons included in the study had impaired thrombocyte aggregation. These aggregation studies support the hypothesis that the Bartter syndrome is an autosomal recessive trait.     

Inheritance of Kartagener syndrome

The surmised autosomal recessive inheritance of situs inversus of Kartagener syndrome is re-examined on the hypothesis that the homozygous state replaces lateralization of the viscera in normal ontogeny by an indifferent lateralization. The segregation ratio in the progeny of two carrier parents (if there were no ascertainment bias) would then be 1/8. The estimated segregation ratio under the assumption of complete (truncate) ascertainment is 0.124. The implications for genetic counseling are discussed.     

准分子激光原位角膜磨镶术前术后客观验光和主观验光的比较

目的比较准分子激光原位角膜磨镶术前后客观验光和主观验光的准确性和相关性.方法对在我中心接受 LASIK手术69例123 眼,在术前和术后一个月进行客观验光(NIDEK ARK-700)和主观验光(RODENSTOCK综合验光头),对获得的数据进行相关分析.结果 LASIK术后,客观验光的准确性较术前下降,客观验光和主观验光测量结果的差值明显增加;术前近视度越高,术后客观验光和主观验光测量结果的差别越大.在测量散光中,术后1月,客观验光和主观验光测量散光的差值明显增加,客观验光不能准确测量散光的量和轴向.结论 LASIK 术前用自动验光仪进行的客观验光可靠性较高,与主观验光法测量屈光不正的结果接近;术后,客观验光的准确性较术前下降,不能有效评判屈光不正的性质和量.     

Preventing Errors in Laterality

An error in laterality is the reporting of a finding that is present on the right side as on the left or vice versa. While different medical and surgical specialties have implemented protocols to help prevent such errors, very few studies have been published that describe these errors in radiology reports and ways to prevent them. We devised a system that allows the radiologist to view reports in a separate window, displayed in a simple font and with all terms of laterality highlighted in separate colors. This allows the radiologist to correlate all detected laterality terms of the report with the images open in PACS and correct them before the report is finalized. The system is monitored every time an error in laterality was detected. The system detected 32 errors in laterality over a 7-month period (rate of 0.0007 %), with CT containing the highest error detection rate of all modalities. Significantly, more errors were detected in male patients compared with female patients. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that with our system, laterality errors can be detected and corrected prior to finalizing reports.