Peds & EENT Flashcards
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What muscle is responsible for lateral movement of the eye
Lateral rectus
Which CN innervates the superior oblique?
CN IV
What nerve innervates the lateral rectus
CN VI
A change in Hirschberg test (corneal reflex) between monocular and binocular view indicates what?
Strabismus or tropia
A white or yellow color for Bruckner Test (red reflex test) indicates?
Retinoblastoma
If you suspect a foreign body, what should you do?
Evert the eyelids to look under the eyelids
Patient presents with blackness (like a curtain is being pulled over their eye) and flashes of light. What could be causing this?
Retinal detachment
Hyphema (blood in the cornea) can be caused by what?
Trauma & sickle cell disease
When patient comes in, what do you test first?
Visual acuity
A 40 yo woman presents wearing bifocals and claims vision has worsened. States her arms are not long enough to reach things, what is the suspected condition?
Presbyopia (loss of accommodative ability)
A 60-year-old man presents describing a film over his eye and states he sees a glare at night when driving with decreased visual acuity. Upon physical examination, what is the suspected condition?
Cataracts (from normal aging changes to lens)
Where is your blind spot?
15° temporally
A patient has a large cup to disc ratio (≥0.2). What is the suspected Dx?
Glaucoma
What is the best method to measure IOP in young children and mentally/physically handicapped patients?
Digital palpation
when checking IOP in a young child, if it is easy to indent, what does that mean?
Low IOP
When checking IOP in a young child, what does it mean if it is firm to the touch?
Normal IOP
When checking IOP in a young child, what does it mean if it is hard to the touch?
High IOP
what are the signs and symptoms of temporal arteritis?
Unilateral, temporal headache, jaw claudication, scalp tenderness, myalgias, low-grade fever, elevated ESR, CRP, and/or plts
Suspect organic substance as a culprit if?
Fingernail in eye; wood in eye
If suspect organic substance as culprit don’t use what?
No patch is recommended due to risk of fungal infection
Most common cause of lens sublaxation?
Trauma > Marfan’s syndrome
What are the ocular vital signs?
Vision, pupils, pressure
You should refer for {{…}} if a metal-on-metal eye injury
Dilated fundus exam
You should perform a {{…}} if you suspect an intraocular foreign body due to a metal-on-metal
CT (maybe XR)