Ophthalmology
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Learning Units
- Unit 1: Sudden Loss of Vision
- Unit 2: Visual field defects, double vision & optic disc swelling
- Unit 3: Pupil abnormalities, Facial nerve palsy & Ptosis
- Unit 4: Refractive Error
- Unit 5: Children & Squint
- Unit 6: Differential diagnosis of blurred vision
- Unit 7: Gradual Loss of Vision
- Unit 8: Eye Trauma
- Unit 9: Red Eye
- Unit 10: Systemic Disease
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Unit 8: Eye Trauma
1: Eye Lacerations
History
(Important for medico legal reasons)
- Record cause and time of injury
- Change in vision
- Eye pain
- Other injuries
- Watery eye (canalicular injury)
Source: EyeRounds.org. Contributor: Andrew Doan, MD, PhD, University of Iowa.
Laceration involving lid margin and canaliculus
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