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Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
Unilateral Acute Vision ... Loss - Differential ... - Cornea • Keratopathy ... Nerve • Temporal Arteritis ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... • Corneal abrasion ... thrombosis, Temporal arteritis ... Retro-orbital hematoma, Infection-including ... diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... • Giant cell arteritis ... Microvascular disease Infectious ... orbitopathy) • Corneal
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... High spike and rapid ... Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... • Rheumatoid arthritis ... #Differential #
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... Foreign body • Infectious ... • Is the eye painful ... Complete vision ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... PHANTOMS): • Pattern ... papilledema • Horner ... • CNS infection ... ) • Temporal arteritis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

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