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- Kavita Gandhi, William Shyy, Starr Knight, and Nathan Teismann.
- University of California-San Francisco Medical Center, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, 533 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94117, United States of America. Electronic address: Kavita.gandhi@ucsf.edu.
- Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Aug 1; 37 (8): 1547-1553.
ObjectivesTo establish a standardized approach for the rapid and accurate identification of non-traumatic, ophthalmologic pathology in patients with eye complaints in the emergency department.MethodsIn this detailed protocol we offer an easy, reproducible method for the use of ocular point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in helping practitioners identify and distinguish between common eye pathology encountered in the emergency setting: retinal detachment, vitreous detachment, vitreous hemorrhage, optic nerve pathology, and syneresis.ConclusionsThis protocol can help identify patients that may need urgent ophthalmology consultation those that can follow-up on an outpatient, and those that may need additional emergent testing.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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