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Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
Findings OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY ... • The disease ... damage & blindness Signs ... obstruction • Corneal ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
starting with a rapid ... continuous vital sign ... Pharmacologic treatment ... The focus is on ... #Emergency #Neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
ophthalmoplegia), systemic signs ... Atypical Temporal: Rapid ... Eyecare (prevent corneal ... tears oint + TAPE eye ... #Treatment #Neurology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
caucasian • Symptoms ... Unilateral • Signs ... : RAPD (Marcus Gunn ... other auto-immune diseases ... #ophthalmology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... Vector-borne (most ... Romana's sign ... /symptoms, positive ... serology, smear
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... systemic sx + signs ... 95% of cases (Cornelia ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
cord resulting in rapid ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #neurology #differential
Headaches Overview - Primary vs Secondary Headaches

What’s the Core Difference?
 • Primary headache = headache is
What’s the Core ... headache is the disease ... headache is a symptom ... Unilateral, around eye ... ESR ↑) • HTN emergency