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Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... exposure to eye, Trauma ... Retinal detachment, Vitreous ... detachment or hemorrhage ... #causes #ophthalmology
Lateral Canthotomy / Cantholysis - Procedure Instructions

The orbit is a relatively closed compartment and an acute
The most common cause ... the context of trauma ... #Management #Lateral ... #Retrobulbar #Hemorrhage ... #Ophthalmology
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

What is the leading cause of this pathology in patients under 40
Vitreous Hemorrhage ... on Ocular POCUS ... is the leading cause ... of vitreous hemorrhage ... #ultrasound #Ophthalmology
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
- Differential Diagnosis ... tend to clump and cast ... hemorrhage • Posterior ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Ocular #ophthalmology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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a mass as the cause ... Distortion/Scarring • Vitreous ... • Subdural Hemorrhage ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
- Differential Diagnosis ... alkali) Blunt Trauma ... dislocation • Vitreous ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

What is your diagnosis?
Resolution: Vitreous Hemorrhage. Unlike linear echoes c/w vitreous &
Vitreous Hemorrhage ... What is your diagnosis ... seaweed (in this case ... #Vitreous #Hemorrhage ... clinical #ultrasound #Ophthalmology
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
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- Differential Diagnosis ... neuropathies from tumor, trauma ... anterior chamber hemorrhage ... , vitreous floaters ... #Ophthalmology
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
and Differential Diagnosis ... Headache: • Bilateral ... - Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ... #differential #causes ... primary #secondary #management
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
- Differential Diagnosis ... cellulitis • Globe trauma ... or bilateral symptoms ... • Trauma? ... #ophthalmology