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▪ Chemical injury
▪ Corneal and conjunctival ▪ Acute vision loss :
foreign bodies ▪ Acute angle closure glaucoma
▪ Hyphema ▪ CRAO
▪ Ruptured globe
▪ Orbital wall fracture ▪ Others :
▪ Retinal detachment
▪ Lid Laceration
▪ History of scratching the eye
▪ Symptoms:
▪ Foreign body sensation
▪ Pain
▪ Tearing
▪ Photophobia
▪ Treatment:
▪ Topical antibiotic
▪ Pressure patch over the eye
▪ Refer to ophthalmologist
▪ Corneal ulcer occur secondary to lid and
conjunctival inflammation but is often due to
trauma or contact lens wear
▪ Any redness occurring for patients who wear
contact lens should be managed with extreme
caution
▪ Remove lens
▪ Rule out corneal infection
▪ Antibiotics for gram negative organisms
▪ Do not patch
▪ Follow up with ophthalmologist in 24 hours
▪ A vision-threatening emergency
▪ The offending chemical may be in the form of a solid, liquid, powder,
mist, or vapor
▪ Alkali or acid treat the same
▪ Can occur in the home, most commonly from detergents,
disinfectants, solvents, cosmetics, drain cleaners…..etc
▪ Present with pain, redness, mid-dilated pupil with decrease vision and coloured haloes around
lights
▪ Severe headache or nausea and vomiting
▪ Intraocular pressure is elevated
▪ Can cause severe visual loss due to optic nerve damage
▪ Immediate treatment:
Timolol
Apraclonidine
Prednisolone acetate
▪ If IOP > 50 mm Hg or severe vision loss:
Acetazolamide 500mg IV
▪ If no decrease in IOP or vision improvement:
IV Mannitol
▪ Pilocarpine 1-2% in affected eye, pilocarpine 0.5% in contralateral
eye (after IOP < 40 mm Hg)
▪ Immediate Ophtho consult
▪ Causes
Thrombosis, embolus, giant cell
arteritis, vasculitis, sickle cell disease,
trauma
▪ Painless vision loss
May be complete or partial
▪ Afferent pupillary defect
▪ Pale fundus with narrowed arterioles
and segmented flows (boxcars) and
bright red macula (cherry red spot)
▪ Treatment:
Ocular massage!
▪ 15 seconds of direct pressure with
sudden release
Topical timolol or IV acetazolamide
Emergent Optho eval
▪ Pain
▪ Decreased vision
▪ Impaired ocular motility/double vision
▪ Afferent pupillary defect
▪ Conjunctival chemosis and injection
▪ Proptosis
▪ Optic nerve swelling
▪ Management reffer to ophthalmologist
▪ Admission
▪ Intravenous antibiotics
▪ blood cultures
▪ Surgery maybe necessary
▪ Potentially devastating complication of any
intraocular surgery
▪ Any patient in the early postoperative period
(within 6 weeks of surgery) c/o pain or
decrease vision should be evaluated
immediately
▪ Management :
▪ Vitreous sample for culture
▪ Intravitreal antibiotics injection plus topical
antibiotics and corticosteroids