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Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
/ disease present ... true negatives / disease ... absent Positive ... / all positives ... #calculations #diagnosis
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
- Differential Diagnosis ... Approach to Eye Disease ... Iris 7. ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... Uveitis Lens: • Cataracts
Hyperthyroidism (low TSH, High T4/T3) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Radioactive iodine scan – get if concern for nodular
if concern for nodular ... thyroid disease ... Graves disease – ... specific, so if positive ... Graves disease!
Landolfi’s Sign on Physical Exam

A 73-year-old man presented with shortness of breath. On ocular exam, pupil
On ocular exam, ... present in this disease ... Clinical #Video #Ocular ... #Iris #AorticRegurgitation
Characteristic clinical manifestations of Down syndrome 
 
Typical craniofacial appearance 
 • Round face and flat
Brushfield spots in iris ... • Hirschsprung disease ... impairment from cataracts ... hypothyroidism and celiac disease ... • Alzheimer's disease
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... : Generally Diagnosis ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis ... Oculomasticatory/oculo-facial-skeletal ... Two different positive ... MatthewHoMD #Whipple #Disease
Amblyopia - Lazy Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Deprivational - Obstruction of Visual Axis:
 • Ptosis
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Congenital Cataracts ... Hemangioma • Retinal Disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Sickle Cell Disease and the Eye 

Ocular Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease

 - Hyphema is Dangerous
Sickle Cell Disease ... and the Eye Ocular ... of Sickle Cell Disease ... Manifestations #Ocular ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Differential Diaqnoses ... autoinflammatory diseases ... • Ocular: uveitis ... #diagnosis #management