Analysis of significant factors influencing visual acuity in XXXX .

@entity1 @entity13911 @entity2194 @entity227 @entity32 @entity1333 @entity4 @entity1596 @entity1781 @entity158
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to determine whether statistical associations can be demonstrated in @entity2194 between baseline clinical and laboratory parameters with visual acuity at presentation and with any change in visual acuity after treatment. METHODS: Charts of 26 @entity1 (42 eyes) with @entity2194 presenting to the @entity1596 clinic of the Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital were reviewed. A baseline cross-sectional analysis was performed in order to identify any association between visual acuity at presentation and demographic, clinical or laboratory parameters. After treatment, any analogy between these parameters and a change in visual acuity was subsequently assessed in a series of univariate comparisons. RESULTS: The following factors were associated with worse initial visual acuity: severity of @entity227 at presentation (p=0.012), macular @entity4 (p=0.004) and @entity1781 (p=0.031). There was a borderline association with the presence of @entity1333 on fluroangiography (p=0.072). Improvement in best corrected visual acuity after treatment was significantly associated with the presence of @entity1333 on fluroangiography (p=0.005), @entity13911 , according to lumbar puncture findings (p=0.037) and marginally with anterior @entity1596 (p=0.070). Inflammation relapse was associated with the coexistence of @entity158 as presenting sign (p<0.001) and with a longer duration of symptoms prior to the initial visit (p=0.023). CONCLUSIONS: Severe @entity32 associated with @entity1333 , vitritis or anterior @entity1596 in @entity2194 would appear to be a reversible phenomenon that responds well to appropriate antibiotic treatment, resulting in improvement in visual acuity. Prompt treatment enables a good visual prognosis, while any delay in therapy increases the risk of subsequent relapse.
