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Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Atraumatic #RedEye ... #Differential # ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
Vision Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Painful - Cornea ... Nerve • Temporal Arteritis ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Surface Injury: • Corneal ... #Traumatic #RedEye ... #Differential # ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... • Giant cell arteritis ... Microvascular disease Infectious ... orbitopathy) • Corneal ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Vision Loss: • Corneal ... thrombosis, Temporal arteritis ... Retro-orbital hematoma, Infection-including ... #diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - Differential ... High spike and rapid ... Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... Causes: • Still's ... • Rheumatoid arthritis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... vasculitis vs infection ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... (Cornelia NEJM ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology