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Purpose/objective: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that develops after critical care may be marked by a unique constellation of symptoms that differ, for example, from the symptoms that develop in response to more traditional traumas such as combat or assault., Research Method/design: We describe ways in which symptoms of PTSD after critical illness can be clinically engaged, drawing from literature pointing to "best treatment" practices in other settings. And, we discuss the relevance of intensive care unit (ICU) related PTSD to rehabilitation psychologists and explain why rehabilitation psychologists are well suited to identify and treat ICU-related PTSD., Results: In this conceptual review, drawing from both empirical findings and theoretical models, we surmise that traumatized survivors of critical illness demonstrate 2 central clinical features-avoidance and reexperiencing., Conclusions/implications: The potentially unique clinical profile of ICU-related PTSD likely requires unique assessment and treatment practices. These services may be best provided by providers with expertise in providing coordinated care, such as rehabilitation psychologists. Next steps should include empirical study to determine whether practices that are empirically supported in other settings may be translated to the ICU and post-ICU hospitalization for critical illness survivors. (PsycINFO Database Record, ((c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).)

Purpose: To describe the genotype and phenotype in a 9-year-old boy with bilateral retinopathy., Methods: The patient, his healthy (by history) nonconsanguineous parents and his sister were examined by best-corrected visual acuity, matrix frequency doubling technology, monocular static field analysis, fundus autofluorescence imaging, optical coherence tomography, Ganzfeld electroretinography (ERG), pattern ERG, multifocal ERG, electro-oculography and genotyping of the BEST1 gene., Results: The patient presented with an Arden ratio of 1.25, an unremarkable ERG and fluorescent yellow deposits distributed throughout the fundus suggestive of autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy (ARB). Genotyping revealed a homozygous nonsense mutation in BEST1 (p.R200X). The parents and the sister, who were heterozygous mutation carriers, presented with normal ophthalmological function., Conclusions: ARB is a rare retinal disorder. We contribute a novel patient report indicative of ARB, assessed by clinical examination and confirmed by genotyping of BEST1, to the short list of ARB cases in the literature., (Copyright © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel.)