Kayser Fleischer ring image
The Hepatic diseases page has been updated with an image of a Kayser Fleischer ring.
Eye disorders
Other causes of optic nerve swelling
The Assessment of vision page has been updated with an expanded segment on other causes of optic nerve swelling.
Papilloedema
The Assessment of vision page has been updated with an expanded segment on papilloedema.
Pseudopapilloedema
The Assessment of vision page has been updated with an expanded segment on pseudopapilloedema.
Correction – sit patients up 30 degrees in penetrating eye trauma
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.
Alkali eye burns
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.
Ocular gunpowder burns
The Ocular trauma page has been updated with a short segment on gunpowder burns.
Corrosive eye injuries
The Ocular trauma page has had a number of minor updates.
Ocular examination
The Ocular examination page has had a few minor updates.
3 new Eye quiz questions
3 new questions have been added to the Eye quiz, bringing the total number of questions in the bank to 53.
Topical anaesthetics for corneal abrasions are safe for up to 24 hours
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
Acute visual loss table of features
A table of features of the most common causes of acute visual loss have been added to the Acute visual loss page.
Acute visual loss
The Acute visual loss page has had a number of updates and wording improvements.
10 more questions added to the Eye quiz
10 more questions have been added to the Eye quiz. There are now 50 questions in this bank.
5 more questions added to the Eye quiz
5 more questions have been added to the Eye quiz, bringing the total in the bank to 40.
Conjunctivitis
The Red eye page has been updated with additional information about the clinical features of conjunctivitis.
Optic nerve measurement
The Ocular examination page has updated with a new segment on measurement of the optic nerve
Retinal detachment
The Sudden visual loss page has been updated with some additional information about retinal detachment.
Ocular US
The Ocular examination page has updated with significant additional information about ocular ultrasound.
Amblyopia
A segment on Amblyopia has been added to the Ophthalmological terms page.