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Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... lesions • Derm referral ... • Early ophtho referral ... #Treatment #management ... #pharmacology #
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Ehlers-Danlos syndrome ... Turner, Marfan syndromes ... Bilateral, asymmetric corneal ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... respiratory distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Editor Note (from ophthalmology ... highlighted circle= clinical ... Treatment #COVID19 #Pharmacology ... #Table #Management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... 95% of cases (Cornelia ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... referral depending ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... #diagnosis #management
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
think about three clinical ... Horner’s syndrome ... nerve palsy • Horner ... syndrome • Myasthenia ... Differential #Diagnosis #ophthalmology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... association • M > F Clinical ... (Clinical Dx). ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #management
Krukenberg's Spindle - Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Krukenberg's Spindle is a pigment deposit that can be found
aspect of the cornea ... pigment dispersion syndrome ... Krukenbergs #Spindle #Cornea ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #ophthalmology
Krukenberg's Spindle - Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Krukenberg's Spindle is a pigment deposit that can be found
aspect of the cornea ... pigment dispersion syndrome ... Krukenbergs #Spindle #Cornea ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #ophthalmology