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HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES A B FIGURE 14.33. Corneal abrasion without (A) and with (B) fluorescein uptake. (Co ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES SYMPTOMS/EXAM ■ Severe pain, foreign body sensation ■ Photophobia, blurred vision ■ ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES ■ Preauricular adenopathy ■ Corneal haziness ■ Classic dendritic (branching) ulcer ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES TREATMENT ■ Ophthalmology consult ■ Oral acyclovir, famciclovir, or valacyclovir. ■ ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES ■ Children <3 years old ■ Culprits:Streptococcus,Staphylococcus, and H. influenz ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES COMPLICATIONS ■ Vision loss ■ Cavernous sinus thrombosis ■ CNS involvement ■ Absces ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES ■ Facilitate outflow of the aqueous humor: ■ Miotics/cholinergics (pilocarpine) = c ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES Iritis/Uveitis ETIOLOGY ■ Inflammation of the iris or uveal tissue ■ Iritis (also k ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES SYMPTOMS/EXAM ■ Headache over the eye or scalp ■ Low-grade fever ■ Eye pain ■ Malai ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES ■ Decreased vision ■ Afferent pupillary defect ■ Tenderness with palpation of the t ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES SYMPTOMS/EXAM ■ Patients typically describe flashing lights and floaters, sometimes ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES TREATMENT ■ Goal of therapy is to move the clot into a branch of the retinal artery ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES OCULAR TRAUMA Hyphema ETIOLOGY Blood in the anterior chamber, often secondary to tr ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES Ruptured Globe/Corneal Laceration SYMPTOMS/EXAM ■ Associated hyphema ■ Prolapsed ir ...

HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT EMERGENCIES ■ Seidel test= fluorescein strip applied to wound. A positive test shows leak- ing ...

CHAPTER 15 Neurology Kelly Bookman, MD Stroke 719 ISCHEMICSTROKE 720 HEMORRHAGICSTROKE 725 Seizures 727 PARTIAL(FOCAL) SEIZURES ...

Vertigo 750 CENTRALVERTIGO 750 PERIPHERALVERTIGO 751 Cranial Nerve Disorders 752 TRIGEMINALNEURALGIA 752 BELLPALSY 753 ACOUSTICN ...

A 58-year-old female is brought to the ED as a “stroke alert.” Her husband states that she woke up 1 hour prior to arrival with ...

■ Optic nerve and retina ■ Deep gray matter ■ Posterior circulation (from vertebrobasilar arteries, 20% of CBF) ■ Medial aspect ...

HYPOPERFUSIONSTATES CAUSES Cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) is dependent on mean arterial blood pres- sure (MAP) and intracrani ...