Jeremy Smith presents the barriers to implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) solutions for Ophthalmologists as well as the concept of Communities of Practice (COP) in which specialist groups work together in order to make sure an EMR will meet everyone's needs in their specialty.
]]>Panel discussion on preceding talks on Horner's Syndrome, Optic Neuritis, and Diplopia based on questions from the audience.
]]>Painful Horner syndrome: pharmacologic testing, imaging, when to worry and why.
]]>Take home messages:
- slow saccades = brain
- positive forced ductions = orbit
]]>"Optic neuritis, the final (latest) word." Be sure ON is typical. Consider IV methylpred or high dose oral pred - don't use low dose. Do MRI in all to assess risk. Based on risk, consider immunomodulation.
]]>Panel discussion with audience participation covering prior three topics: Compressive Optic Neuropathy, Optic Nerve Tumors, and Non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy.
]]>What you should do with a case and with the proposed schemes for dealing with NAION.
]]>A discussion of the management of optic nerve gliomas and meningiomas.
]]>- could this be compressive optic neuropathy or altered EV flow
- look, listen, palpate
- look at the scan yourself or have someone you trust look at it.
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