PURPOSE The study aims to assess the visual outcomes of pseudophakic cystoid macular oedema (CMO) as compared to age- and co-pathology matched controls, the costs of treatment and follow up, as well as the patient reported outcomes using the novel Cat-PROM5 questionnaire. SETTING West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, UK DESIGN Matched Case-Control Study METHODS 52 eyes of 49 patients developed CMO over an 18-month period. Age and co-pathology matched patients were identified from clinical records over the same time period in a 21 ratio (90 eyes). Post-operative clinical outcomes were recorded including treatments received, costs of treatments and patient recorded outcome measures using the Cat-PROM5 RESULTS Patients with CMO reported a significantly worse outcome from surgery than controls. Furthermore, CMO patients had significantly worse visual acuity after surgery than controls (CMO logMAR 0.40 ±0.33, n=37; controls 0.30 ±0.33; p less then 0.05) despite there being no difference in pre-operative visual acuity. In patients with epiretinal membrane (ERM), notably those with CMO had worse patient reported outcomes than controls with ERM, and only 18% received prophylactic corticosteroid injection at surgery compared with 63.6% of controls. CMO resulted in an excess of 266 outpatient appointments, with 388 weeks of topical therapy, 18 orbital floor injections, and 6 intravitreal steroid injections, 5 intravitreal anti-VEGF injections and one intravitreal dexamethasone implant with an excess expenditure of £216.81 per case. CONCLUSIONS Patients developing CMO following cataract surgery suffer with reduced visual acuity at 4 - 6 weeks, patient-reported visual outcomes, increased number of hospital appointments, treatments and costs.Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) has been introduced in clinical practice to increase training intensity in patients with neurological disorders. In this observational study, we investigated the effect of the number of RAGT sessions on functional recovery in a heterogeneous cohort of patients. We included patients with a diagnosis of gait impairment due to a neurological disease. A set of demographic, clinical, functional and training parameters was collected for each participant. Each patient received RAGT with an exoskeleton (Lokomat; Hocoma, Volketswil, Switzerland) as part of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program. We stratified the patients as good responders and poor responders and investigated the effect of varying the number of RAGT sessions with a series of logistic regression models. A total of 143 patients were included in this analysis (good responders = 65, poor responders = 78). Good responder patients spent more days in the hospital (P  less then  0.01) and underwent a higher number of RAGT sessions (P = 0.04) compared to poor responder patients. Logistic regression models estimated that adding six RAGT sessions mildly increased (by approximately 4%) the probability of a patient becoming a good responder. The rehabilitation phase (subacute/chronic) appeared to be the main determinant of the probability of being a good responder, and stroke patients appeared to be more sensitive to changes in the number of RAGT sessions. Our results seem to confirm previous observations that robotic therapy increases the intensity of rehabilitation, possibly leading to a greater functional recovery in subacute patients with greater impairment.Texture-modified food is a common strategy in dysphagia management for increasing safety of swallowing. It is essential for the patient to receive the prescribed diet based on clinical and instrumental examination of swallowing in order to be able to benefit from rehabilitation and avoid complications. Variations in terminology and definitions regarding texture-modified food and liquids demonstrate the need for international standardized terminology. We aimed to assess suitability of texture-modified diets used at a rehabilitation hospital in terms of the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative guidelines. A texture-modified main dish was analyzed for 5 days (15 samples of pureed and 10 samples of minced texture) at lunch time by 2 trained assessors using International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative-recommended testing methods. The majority of pureed and minced food samples did not suit the comparable International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative levels. The results underline the need for implementing the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative guidelines in order to provide an appropriate texture-modified diet for patients with neurogenic dysphagia and support dysphagia management within inpatient rehabilitation.BACKGROUND Caregivers contribute substantially to patients' management of and recovery from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Yet, the distress that many caregivers experience in this role continues to be underresearched and their needs undersupported. PURPOSE Situated within a patient engagement framework and adapted from experience-based co-design guidelines, the process of developing a comprehensive caregiver support resource with joint contributions from caregivers and healthcare providers representing multiple disciplines is described.  https://www.selleckchem.com/products/dbet6.html  A discussion of the challenges encountered during the development of the caregiver support resource and recommendations for future sites embarking on co-design work are noted. CONCLUSION Developing feasible and relevant approaches, such as informational support instruments, to meet the needs of the growing population of CVD caregivers is essential. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS Although co-design processes are often complex, take more time and resources to implement, and involve multiple levels of an organization and community than traditional practices, these efforts may help to improve healthcare quality to stem the burden of CVD.BACKGROUND Overweight/obesity is a substantial global public health concern, which can be caused by genetic factors and energy balance-related behaviors (EBRBs). If it occurs in children with congenital heart disease (CCHD), it can yield an extra burden on their health. Most studies on CCHD have taken place in Western societies, leaving Asian populations understudied, especially children. OBJECTIVE We sought (1) to determine body mass index distribution among school-aged CCHD in Taiwan, (2) to ascertain whether the body mass index of CCHD differs from that of the general population, (3) to describe EBRBs in CCHD, and (4) to identify factors associated with underweight and overweight/obesity among CCHD. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 97 child-parent dyads (53.6% boys; mean age, 9.73 years; 25.8% moderate-to-severe heart conditions) were enrolled. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect demographics, medical factors, food frequency, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors. Anthropometric measurements were taken in the hospital.