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Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Differential Diagnosis ... Anatomical Approach to Eye ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... or without eye ... #differential #
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... Episcleritis Ocular ... any subjective vision ... Complete vision ... #ocular #differential
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... • Mutism Pathophysiology ... the bilateral cortex ... light reflex • Corneal ... • Vestibulo-ocular
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... Lightheadedness - Tunnel vision ... pulse rate - Core ... #illness #differential
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
present with a red eye ... -> crowding of ocular ... obstruction • Corneal ... sparring) • Loss of vision ... ClosedAngle #Glaucoma #pathophysiology
Astigmatism: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Astigmatism - deviation from spherical curvature of the lens or eye

Refracting power
of the lens or eye ... rule astigmatism: cornea ... Distortion Of Vision ... • Headache • Ocular ... #astigmatism #pathophysiology
Myopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Axial length of eye -> Long axial length of the
(ex. cornea, lens ... of one or more ocular ... Retained near vision ... Blurry distant vision ... #Myopia #pathophysiology
Chemical Eye Injury: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Exogenous chemical to the eye and/or adnexa
 • Ammonia, sodium
Chemical Eye Injury ... penetration beyond the cornea ... Watering, Decreased Vision ... #Ocular #opthalmology ... #pathophysiology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... hypothalamus, and visual cortex ... Disorder of the eyes ... glaucoma - Ocular ... with the first division
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Hypertension with normal heart ... • Acute red eye ... Tentorial pressure cone ... and VI) - Mass lesion ... symptoms #clues #differential