OUTCOMES OF NOTES Flashcards
Acute closed angle glaucoma on examination:
rock hard, inflamed eye with a fixed, mid dilated pupil and steamy cornea
Floaters and patient reports flashing lights with ‘tobacco dust’ pigmented cells in the anterior chamber?
retinal detachment
What is chloramphericol and what is it used for?
topical abx for bacterial conjunctivitis
What is acetozolamide and what is it used for?
Decrease intra ocular pressure: carbonic anhydrase inhibitor
Normal IOP?
12-22 mm Hg
What are the features that define glaucoma?
Optic nerve head cupping and visual field loss
Features of anterior uveitis?
Ass condition: IBD, sarcoid, ask spond, HLA-E27, toxoplasmosis
Hx: unilateral, pain, redness, visual disturbance, worse with light, dilation of corneal and episcleral vessels, particularly close to corneal limbus.
What is blood in the anterior chamber called?
Hyphemia
What is pus in the anterior chamber called?
Hypopeon
Central retinal artery occlusion- SS?
- sudden, painless loss of vision
- RAPD present
- retinal oedema ( cloudy swelling)
- cherry red spot at fovea (absence of oedema in thinner retina at fovea)
- may see an embolus
History of GCA causing anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy?
- unilateral vision loss
- jaw claudication
- scalp tenderness
- headache
- anorexia
- malaise
- WL/ night sweats
- history of polymyalgia rheumatica (pain and stiffness of the proximal extremities)
- thickened temporal artery with absent pulse
GCA investigations?
ESR: raised
CRP: raised
Temporal artery biopsy
What is metamorphopsia and in what condition is it often seen?
- seeing objects known to be straight look curved
- age related macular degeneration
What are the 4 CAM criteria for delirium?
- Acute onset and fluctuating course
- inattention
- disorganised thinking
- altered state of consciousness
What is psoas sign indicative of?
retrocaecal appendix