Acute visual change

Citation
A. Morgan et Rr. Hemphill, Acute visual change, EMERG MED C, 16(4), 1998, pp. 825
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Aneshtesia & Intensive Care
Journal title
EMERGENCY MEDICINE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
ISSN journal
07338627 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-8627(199811)16:4<825:AVC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Changes in vision or loss of vision are common complaints for patients pres enting to the emergency department. Such complaints may represent a simple problem related to recent trauma, early evidence of a systemic disease, or may be a vision-threatening lesion. A logical and organized approach to the history and the physical examination of the patient with eye complaints is key to the diagnosis and treatment of the more significant causes of these complaints. This article reviews an organized approach to the patient with complaint of visual loss and considers the wide differential diagnosis. It focuses specifically on the evaluation of the patient complaining of visua l changes resulting from central retinal artery occlusion, central retinal vein occlusion, retinal detachment, acute angle-closure glaucoma, giant cel l temporal arteritis, and retrobulbar hemorrhage.