Eye Overview and Introduction to the Eye Exam - Graf and Eye Surgeries - Kugler Flashcards

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define: Emmetropia:

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Visual condition in which an infinitely distant fixated object is imaged sharply on the retina (without an accommodative response)

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What vision does this diagram represent?

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Emmetropia

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Refraction:

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Altering of the pathway of light from its original direction, result of passing from one medium to another

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Ametropia:

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Refractive condition in which parallel rays do not focus on the retina; a deviation from emmetropia (abnormal vision)

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define Myopia:

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Refractive condition in which parallel rays of light entering the eye, focus in front of the retina; nearsightedness

Corrected using LASIK surgery

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What vision does this diagram represent?

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Myopia

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Lenses for myopia

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  • Minus
  • Concave
  • Diverging
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define Hyperopia:

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Refractive condition in which parallel rays of light entering the eye f_ocus behind the retina_; farsightedness

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What vision does this diagram represent?

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Hyperopia

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Lenses for hyperopia

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  • Plus
  • Convex
  • Converging
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define: Astigmatism

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Refractive condition in which rays emanating from a single point are focused as two line images (blurry vision at all distances), generally at right angles to each other; due to unequal refraction of the incident light in different meridians

Eye becomes astigmatic when any of its refracting surfaces assumes a toroidal shape

Eye is not perfectly round (ex: football shaped not basketball shaped)

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What type of asitgmatism is this?

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compound myopic astigmatism

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13
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What type of astigmatism is this?

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Compound hyperopic astigmatism

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What type of astigmatism is this?

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Mixed astigmatism

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define Presbyopia:

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Reduction in accommodative ability occurring normally with age and necessitating a plus lens addition for satisfactory seeing at near
Amplitude decreases from childhood to age 75

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Presbyopia

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affects 100% of people

treat with reading glasses

corrected surgically using: Conductive Keratoplast or Scleral Spacing Procedure (FDA trial)

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define Accommodation:

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Ocular adjustment for vision at various distances, by changes in shape (steepening) of the crystalline lens

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define Diplopia:

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Condition in which a single object is perceived as two objects rather than as one; double vision

  • usually results from EOM imbalance
  • monocular: persists when fellow eye is covered
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define: Anisometropia:

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Condition of unequal refractive state for the two eyes, one eye requiring a different lens correction from the other

20
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Six Elements or Major Categories of Eye History

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  1. chief complaint
  2. medical history
  3. medications/ hypersentitivities
  4. visual and occular history
    • last eye exam
    • galsses or contacts
  5. family eye and medical history
    • cataracts, glaucoma, macular degneration
  6. vocational and recreational demands
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VISUAL Symptoms of Ocular Discomfort

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  • Blurred vision
  • Diplopia
  • Distortion
  • Vertigo
  • Glare/light sensitivity
  • Spots before eyes
  • Light flashes
  • Loss of vision
  • Halos around lights
  • Loss of visual field
  • Night blindness
  • Movement of field
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OCULAR Symptoms of Ocular Discomfort

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  • Itching or burning
  • Tenderness, soreness
  • Pain, foreign body sensation
  • Excessive lacrimation
  • Change in blink rate
  • Warm, hot, tired feeling
  • Twitching of lids
  • Mattering of eyelids
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REFERRED Symptoms of Occular Discomfort

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  • Headache
  • Fatigue
  • Stress
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Physical Exam

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Visual Acutiy: Snellen

Pupils: size, shape, equality; reaction to light (PERRLA)

Extra-ocular muscles: movements of eyes into 6 cardinal positions (H test)

Visual field: confrontation testing

Anterior Segment Exam: slit lamp or pen light look at - lids, lashes, lacrimal gland, cornea, conjuntiva, iris, lens

Direct Ophthalmoscopy: media - cornea, lens, vitreous, disc, macula, vessels

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Physical Exam: Visual Acuity

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  • Patients will usually get some letters correct and some incorrect as the letter size approaches their threshold
  • Non-conventional methods: Near/Tumbling E/Pictures
  • Pg. 66 Mosby’s Record line in which they miss NO letters….(Evan)
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Four Cardinal Eye Complaints

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  1. Changes in Vision
  2. Changes in Appearance
  3. Pain or Discomfort
  4. Trauma
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Cardinal Changes: Change in Vision

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  • Painless or Painful
  • Extent of Vision Loss
  • One or Both Eyes:
  • Bilateral: neurologic etiology, not a primary problem

• Flashes or Floaters

  • Multiple – retinal tear, vitreous hemorrhage
  • Single – benign

• Rate of Onset

  • Rapid deterioration: vascular cause
  • Gradual loss: cataracts
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Cardinal Changes: Pain or Discomfort

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  • Pain or no pain?
  • Foreign body sensation
  • Excessive tearing
  • Itching or burning
  • Light sensitivity
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Cardinal Changes: Trauma

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  • Tetanus immunization state
  • Fluid or chemical exposure
  • Blunt or penetrating injury
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Special Tests: Sit-Lamp Examination

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Highly magnified views of: anterior segment and posterior segment

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Special Tests: Intraocular Pressure

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Analogous to systemic blood pressure

IOP – 8 to 21 mm Hg

Glaucoma screening

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Emergent Conditions (immediate referral)

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o Sudden Vision Loss
o Retinal Artery Occlusion
o Chemical Burns
o Acute Angle-Closure Gluacoma

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Urgent Conditions

(referal with 1 day or less)

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o Acute glaucoma
o Orbital cellulitis
o Hyphema
o Corneal Ulcer
o Retinal Detachment

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Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL)

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used in patients who cannot have lasik (too nearsighted)

in surgery - cut the limbus, insert the ICL next to the patient’s lens

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Occular Maturity

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often occurs at age 18

vision change of less than +or- 0.75 within 1 year

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Cataract

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natural clouding (or darkening) of lens

age dependent

typically affects older adults (60+), can occur in infants or children - rarely

Leading cause of preventable blindness world wide

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Cataract Surgery

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Entry Incision

Capsulorhexis (cutting the lens)

Phacoemuslification (use ultrasound to destroy lens)

Lens placement (standard, multifocal, accomodative lens types)

Corneal Arcuate Incisions (correct astigmatism if needed)

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Keratoconus

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Cone-shaped cornea

Progressive blinding disease

No good treatment - corneal transplant, Collagen Cross-Linking (Clinical Trial)