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Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Ocular Ultrasound ... Painless Vision Loss ... Globe Rupture • Lens ... Dislocation ... #differential #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 ... dislocation • ... Retina: • Detachment ... vision → visual loss ... optic disk • HIV/AIDS
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Vision Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Chronic ... Dislocation, Retinal ... Detachment, Central ... #causes #ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... , Vitreous detachment ... vein occlusion, Lens ... dislocation, Ischemic ... #causes #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
- Differential Diagnosis ... Episcleritis Ocular ... neuritis • Retinal detachment ... Hemorrhage Lids ... Conjunctivitis #ocular
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
several common and less ... important, as early diagnosis ... Inflammatory causes ... #neurology #inflammatory ... #differential #diagnosis
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
duration - Deep - Less ... regional pain syndrome ... Deafferentation - Loss ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... over 1 week or less ... the underlying cause ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome ... #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... several common and less ... important, as early diagnosis ... Non-inflammatory causes ... #neurology #noninflammatory
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
Diagnosis: Quantitative ... and CD4 50 or less ... : • Neurologic ... Retinitis (Most common cause ... #diagnosis #differential