AAO: Poor Clinic Management Tops Causes Of Missed Glaucoma Visits

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Long waits and other clinic management problems, and not finances, may underlie the majority of missed follow-up appointments for glaucoma in safety-net hospitals.

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The man in the photo below presents to the ER with severe pain in the right eye that began the same morning. His CT scan is also seen below. He has no previous history of trauma. Which of the following is not true of the situation?
1. The best treatment for this patient is steroids.
2. The most likely cause is frontoethmoidal disease.
3. The process depicted in the CT scan will cause non-axial displacement of the globe.
4. The process can lead to an exudative retinal detachment.
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AAO: Poor Clinic Management Tops Causes Of Missed Glaucoma Visits

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The man in the photo below presents to the ER with severe pain in the right eye that began the same morning. His CT scan is also seen below. He has no previous history of trauma. Which of the following is not true of the situation?

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