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Glaucoma - Emergency Department Management
- All patients should get emergency ophthalmologic consultation
- Start with eye drops
Emergency Department Management ... is < 40 mmHg #Pharmacology ... #Management #Ophthalmology ... Glaucoma #Open #Closed ... #Medications #Table
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Treatment of COVID-19 Infection ... Editor Note (from ophthalmology ... HCQ treatment would ... highlighted circle= clinical ... #Table #Management
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... steroids to treat infectious ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Hordeolum vs Chalazion

Hordeolum (Stye):
 • Location: Most commonly found at or near an eyelash follicle
 •
Most commonly found ... Cause: Bacterial infection ... eyedrops, surgery #Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Ophthalmology
Glaucoma is a condition that involves an increase in pressure inside the eye. It occurs when
narrow-angle (or closed-angle ... glaucoma #pharmacology ... #treatment #management ... #medications #Ophthalmology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
immunophenotype Clinical ... Complications: 1) Infection ... several RCTs have found ... low-risk disease • Indications ... hemeonc #diagnosis #management
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious ... , open abdomen/wound ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious ... , open abdomen/wound ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... Reversible course Differential ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... vasculitis vs infection ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management