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Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Vision Loss - Differential ... Detachment, Central ... Occlusion, Central ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Painless Vision Loss ... Hemorrhage • Central ... Elevated Intracranial Pressure ... Traumatic Vision Loss ... #ophthalmology
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... age-arteriosclerosis (less ... disorders: - aortic ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
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Monocular Vision loss ... Ocular causes - ... Increased intraocular pressure ... floaters obscuring central ... Differential #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
retinopathy • Central ... vision → visual loss ... poisoning • Central ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Widened Pulse Pressure ... Pulse Pressure = ... should always be ... Pulse Pressure = ... #cardiology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
in the eye can be ... vessels Alarm (Emergent ... a Red Eye: • Optic ... occlusion • Central ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... attributable to central ... • Genetic • Retinal ... raised intracranial pressure ... with aura #BEE
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
Findings OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY ... -> Increased pressure ... generally with central ... sparring) • Loss ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
evaluation should be ... lability in blood pressure ... Age less than 30 ... damage such as retinal ... Coarctation of aorta