Dunn RJ
The Ocular trauma page has been corrected to indicate that patients with penetrating eye trauma should be sat head up 30 degrees, not lie supine as previously indicated. Yet again thanks to Michael for letting us know about the error.
The segment on alkali eye injuries has been moved from the Corrosives page to the Other ocular trauma page and merged and updated with the content there.
The Ocular trauma page has been updated with a short segment on gunpowder burns.
The Ocular trauma page has had a number of minor updates.
The Ocular examination page has had a few minor updates.
3 new questions have been added to the Eye quiz, bringing the total number of questions in the bank to 53.
The Ocular trauma page has been updated with new information about the safety of topical anaesthetics for corneal abrasions for use up to 24 hours. Just in case you weren’t doing this already, ACEP have put out a statement on this.Green, S. M., Tomaszewski, C., Valente, J. H., Lo, B., & Milne, K. (2024). Use … Read more
A table of features of the most common causes of acute visual loss have been added to the Acute visual loss page.
The Acute visual loss page has had a number of updates and wording improvements.
10 more questions have been added to the Eye quiz. There are now 50 questions in this bank.
5 more questions have been added to the Eye quiz, bringing the total in the bank to 40.
The Red eye page has been updated with additional information about the clinical features of conjunctivitis.
The Ocular examination page has updated with a new segment on measurement of the optic nerve
The Sudden visual loss page has been updated with some additional information about retinal detachment.
The Ocular examination page has updated with significant additional information about ocular ultrasound.
A segment on Amblyopia has been added to the Ophthalmological terms page.
A segment on Strabismus has been added to the Ophthalmological terms page.
A new page called Ophthalmological terms has been added to the section on Eyes
The Ocular examination page has been updated with additional information about eye anatomy
The Ocular trauma page has been updated with additional information about analgesia for corneal abrasions.