Ocular Side Effects of Systemic Medications

Sep 28, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Ocular Side Effects of Systemic Medications

4 OCULAR SIDE EFFECTS OF SYSTEMIC MEDICATIONS Ocular Side Effects of Systemic Medications Bruce E. Onofrey and Tonya G. Ketcham Systemic medications have the potential, under certain circumstances, to produce…

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Ocular Emergencies and Urgencies

Sep 28, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Ocular Emergencies and Urgencies

13 OCULAR EMERGENCIES AND URGENCIES      Sudden Vision Loss Anastas F. Pass ICD-9: 362.34—TRANSIENT ARTERIAL OCCLUSION—AMAUROSIS FUGAX ICD-9: 368.10—VISION DISTURBANCE; TRANSIENT VISUAL OBSCURATION ICD-9: 368.11—SUDDEN VISUAL LOSS ICD-9: 368.12—TRANSIENT VISUAL LOSS…

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Systemic Emergencies

Sep 28, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Systemic Emergencies

14 SYSTEMIC EMERGENCIES Systemic Emergencies in an Office-Based Practice Nicky R. Holdeman Most of the problems encountered by an eye care provider are not life threatening, but many conditions can…

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Other Infectious Diseases

Sep 28, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Other Infectious Diseases

9 OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES Acanthamoeba Keratitis Nicky R. Holdeman      THE DISEASE Pathophysiology Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare, sight-threatening disease, which results from colonization of the cornea with the free-living,…

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Fungal Infectious Diseases

Sep 28, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Fungal Infectious Diseases

8 FUNGAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE Fungal Keratitis Nicky R. Holdeman ICD-9: 370.05      THE DISEASE Pathophysiology Fungal keratitis results from invasion of the cornea by a fungal organism. While fungi are ubiquitous,…

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Nerve Blocks 101

Sep 23, 2016 by in OTOLARYNGOLOGY Comments Off on Nerve Blocks 101

Nerve Blocks 101 In a 1998 article titled “How to Block and Tackle the Face”1, I presented a system for facile nerve blocks that would allow the surgeon to be…

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Intranasal

Sep 23, 2016 by in OTOLARYNGOLOGY Comments Off on Intranasal

Intranasal The purpose of these dissections relates to two subjects: 1 The relation and course of the nasolacrimal apparatus into the nose. 2 How to perform a sphenopalatine (pterygopalatine) ganglion…

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Some Thoughts on the Orbicularis Oculi

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Some Thoughts on the Orbicularis Oculi HOW TO APPROACH THE MEDIAL ORBITAL WALL FOR FRACTURE OR DECOMPRESSION 1 The lower orbicularis oculi muscle is attached to the orbital rim medially…

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Superomedial Zone

Sep 23, 2016 by in OTOLARYNGOLOGY Comments Off on Superomedial Zone

Superomedial Zone 1 The corrugators, proceri, and frontalis muscles are innervated by the frontal (temporal) branches of the facial nerve on each side. The depressor supercilii and medial orbicularis oculi…

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