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Glaucoma - Emergency Department Management
- All patients should get emergency ophthalmologic consultation
- Start with eye drops
Glaucoma - Emergency ... Department Management ... or refractory symptoms ... is < 40 mmHg #Pharmacology ... #Management #Ophthalmology
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
Acute Closed Angle ... lights are a key symptom ... Photophobia #Acute ... #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
(Emergent): • Acute ... Bacterial keratitis • Acute ... viral) Lens: • Acute ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
herniation (Comatose), Acute ... angle closure glaucoma ... Robertson pupils), DM, SAH ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #causes
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... fungal infection Glaucomaacute ... History of previous glaucoma ... redflags #signs #symptoms
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Autonomic symptoms ... subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH ... headache: - Acute ... angle-closure glaucoma ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
vasoconstrictive • Acute ... hyalinization causes ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... and progressive Acute ... Löfgren syndrome: ACUTE ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Dichlorphenamide) • Glaucoma ... irrigation • Management ... Torsemide) • Acute ... Heart Association class ... Diuresis #Nephrology #Pharmacology
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
Diagnosis and Management ... Clinical Signs/Symptoms ... : • Classic triad ... Pathophysiology: ... patients with acute