The Eye Exam Flashcards
7 Elements of Patient History
- Demographic
- Chief Complaint
- History of Present Illness
- Review of Systems
- Social history
- current medications
- Allergy to medications
Visual Acuity
Measure of the finest detail the eye can detect
Snellen Letters
The eye chart used to test distance vision
Snellen refraction
Testing distance– Distance at which letter is standardized to be read
What does 20/40 mean?
At 20 feet, the person read what is standardized to be read at 40 feet
What does cover/uncover testing do?
Examines binocular relationship of the eyes (how well eyes are working together)
Esotropia
Eye deviating inward
Exotropia
Eye deviating outward
Hypertropia
Eye deviating upward
What happens if you put an occulder over the fixated eye? *the good eye
The deviated eye will quickly refixate
Keratometry
Opthalmometry
Keratometry
Measures curvature of the cornea and focusing power of cornea
Benefits of keratometry
Doesn’t require patient responses
What keratometry can do?
estimate focusing power of cornea, amount of astigmatism, evaluate integrity of surface of eye, estimate base curve of lens during contact lens fitting
Benefits of Automated Keratometers
Quicker to get K-Reading, little training to use, automated refraction (if build in to machine)
Topography
Measures thousands of points along cornea to provide curvature, refractive power, and radius of cornea
Benefit of topography
measures wide area and many points of measurement (keratometer only measures 4 points)
What is corneal topography used for?
To screen before refractive surgery, fitting contacts, adjusting post surgical corneal transplants, diagnosing refractive disorders/diseases
What is Retinoscopy?
Objective measure of refractive power of the eye
Retinoscope
Hand-held instrument used to measure retinoscopy
How does retinoscope work?
Bright light shined in patients eye, doctor examines the reflex of the pupil and then places lenses in front of eye to determine prescription
What is objective when using retinoscope?
To find a lens that stops the reflex of pupil
“With” movement
Add plus powered lenses
“against movement”
minus powered lenses
Ocular Adnexa
All adjacent structures of the eyes (eyelids, lashes, eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, tarsal plates, orbit, muscles, conjunctiva
Manifest/Subjective Refraction
Using patient responses to determine refraction (prescription)
What instrument is used for a subjective refraction?
Phoropter
What is opthalmoscopy?
Examination of the inside of the eye
What tool is used for opthalmoscopy and how does it work?
An opthalmoscope– illuminates and inspects interior of the eye