Exam Flashcards
Bacterial conjunctivitis treatment
Chloramphenicol qds
Chloramphenicol should be avoided when..
allergy
risk of aplastic anaemia
Treatment of bacterial keratitis
Admission- cefuroxime and gentamicin
Complication of herpetic keratitis
Dendritic ulcer
Consequence of treating herpetic keratitis with steroids
Corneal melt
Sources of endopthalmitis
Endogenous (staph epidermidis)
Iatrogenic (e.g. from steroid injections, VEGF)
Three layers of the meninges
Dura mater
Arachoid mater
(Subarachnoid space)
Pia mater
CSF is produced in…
Choroid plexus of the ventricles
Cerebral aqueduct connects…
The 3rd and fourth ventricles
“Copper wiring” appearance
Retinal vessels in hypertensive retinopathy
Associations of uveitis
juvenile arthritis
sarcoidosis
ank spond
Crohn’s and ulcerative coliti
Amaurosis fugax
Transient painless visual loss
Occlusion of which arteries leads to iscahemic optic neuropathy
Posterior ciliary arteries
Symptoms and signs of vitreous haemorrhage
Floaters, loss of vision, loss of red reflex
Symptoms and signs of retinal detachment
Flashes and floaters
Painless loss of vision “like a curtain coming down”
Relative afferent pupillary defect