Clinical Quandaries
Advice on how to handle tricky clinical dilemmas, especially involving comanagement with ophthalmology or another specialty. Edited by Paul C. Ajamian, OD
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Buried and Benign
Drusen can be associated with field loss. Does this justify lowering IOP? The literature offers no recourse.
08/15/2017
What a Pain!
The profession fights to expand and maintain its privileges at every turn—they’re vital to providing care. Don’t take your DEA license for granted.
07/15/2017
Look Before You Leap
Some practitioners are ordering OCTs at the drop of a hat if the visual acuity is reduced. But often, all you need to do is dilate.
06/15/2017
A Spectre Over this Sector
Some cases of sector injection are not episcleritis, and you may have to jog your patient’s memory to find the true cause.
05/15/2017
Tonometry: To Dye For?
Even fundamental techniques deserve skepticism and reinvention.
04/15/2017
Getting Some Shut Eye
Complete ptosis can mean you’re dealing with a neurological issue. Get briefed on the work-up and what comes next.
03/15/2017
Got Milk?
A patient presents with bilateral vision loss and nothing obvious to explain it. What gives? It could be a milky nuclear sclerotic cataract.
02/15/2017
Cruisin’ to Heal a Bruisin’
When presented with ecchymosis, how thoroughly should you evaluate before you hand patients the frozen green beans and say, “rest up?”
01/15/2017
Haunted By History
A patient who sought a second opinion reveals telltale findings and a history of scleral buckle.
12/15/2016
Spotting the Risk: From RP to RD
When a post-op cataract patient experiences retinal detachment, is there a chance it was due to retinitis pigmentosa?
11/15/2016
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