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
5: Ruptured Globe
Examination
- Test visual acuity
- Take care not to place pressure on the globe, which may cause extrusion of the intraocular contents
- If available, perform slit lamp examination looking for damage to anterior structures
- Examine, cornea with fluorescein
- Pupil for irregularities
- Lens for traumatic cataract
- Perform ophthalmoscopy to look for a reduced or absent red reflex, and if there is a fundal view look for vitreous or retinal haemorrhage
- Optic nerve (test for an RAPD )
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