Category: Ophthalmology

FOAM of the Week 8/25/15 – ENT Emergencies, Ocular Ultrasound, Palliative Care

A whole bunch of ENT stuff for this week. Some palliative care and ocular ultrasound too! A discussion of a wide variety of ENT topics including many covered today from Emergency Medicine Cases – good written summaries at the bottom of the page too if you don’t want to listen to the podcast! http://emergencymedicinecases.com/ent-emergencies/ Tracheoinnominate fistula …

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FOAM of the Week 8/18/15 – Pediatric Foreign Bodies, Ophthalmology

Pediatric Foreign Bodies – Kids like to put things in places they don’t belong. Here’s some tips on diagnosis and removal techniques from Pediatric EM Morsels and Don’t Forget the Bubbles blogs: http://dontforgetthebubbles.com/foreign-body-aspiration/ http://pedemmorsels.com/nasal-foreign-bodies-positive-pressure-technique/ http://pedemmorsels.com/ear-foreign-body/ Should I dilate that eye? http://emblog.mayo.edu/discussion/dare-to-dilate-evaluation-of-acute-visual-loss-in-the-emergency-department/ Some great ophthalmology differentials for various visual complaints from LITFL – click the links for …

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FOAM of the Week 7/28/15 – Altitude Sickness, Dysbarism, Ophthalmology

Summary of Altitude Sickness from PulmCCM: http://pulmccm.org/2013/review-articles/high-altitude-illness-review/ Review of Dysbarism courtesy of LITFL: http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/decompression-sickness/ A trick of the trade to make your Fluorescein exam easier from ALiEM: http://www.aliem.com/tricks-of-the-trade-fluorescein-eye/ Great general ophtho in the ED review from EMRAP:  https://www.emrap.org/episode/january2012/moreabouttheeye