jane goodwin bsc msc
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Jane Goodwin BSc MSc. Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care and Ophthalmic PwSI (practitioner with specialist interest). 30.8.06 – GP Registrar. Requests/concerns – what do you want ? Examination – VA Case studies Examination - Ophthalmoscope Case studies Other presenting problems - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Jane Goodwin BSc MSc
Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care and Ophthalmic PwSI (practitioner with
specialist interest)
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30.8.06 – GP Registrar
•Requests/concerns – what do you want ?•Examination – VA•Case studies•Examination - Ophthalmoscope•Case studies•Other presenting problems•Questions
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Examination
• Visual Acuity• To asses distant
vision.• To determine if a
refractive or pathological disorder.
• Baseline• Medico/legal
requirement.
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Equipment
• Pen Torch• Pin Hole• Snellen Chart• Ophthalmoscope• Fluorescien• Benoxinate• Tropicamide
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Your Turn!
• In groups of 3 or 4• 3 metres from chart • Measure Va in each eye• See instructions for further reference
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Case Studies - One
The opticians letter states‘this man has a cataract in the left eye and I
have advised him to seek a specialist opinion’
His VA is 6/9 right and 6/12 left1. What do you do as a GP?2. Are there any options?
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Ten weeks after uncomplicated cataract surgery a patients requests a further prescription of G. Maxidex. He missed his post operative review.
1. What are you going to do ?
Two
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• Commonly used post op for 3-4 weeks QDS.
• Is normally stopped at post op visit.
• Request should be denied esp if eye white/asymptomatic.
• Early review at OPA
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One year after cataract surgery, a patient complains of gradual deterioration in vision, in the operated eye.
1. What is the likely cause?2. What do you do ?
Three
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A 50 year old man notices a single black object in the field of his left eye. It moves on eye movements.
1. What is likely cause?2. What will you do?3. What features would concern you?
Four
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Flashes and Floaters
Decreased Va?
Yes NO
Continued TransientTypically 20 minutesDuration
-Vitreous Haemorrhage -Ocular Migraine -PVD-PVD with retinal detachment -(+/- retinal hole formation)-Posterior Uveitis
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Retinal Detachment• Risk Factors include;Cataract surgeryRetinopathyFamily HistoryMyopia (short-sightedness)PVD – post vitreous
detachmentTraumaIf occurs in one eye
increased risk of happening in the other
Retinal thinning
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Referral Guidelines Flashing lights and floaters
• Retinal holes and detachments – difficult to see with ophthalmoscope.
• Hx >6/52 Routine Referral• Hx < 6/52 esp in under 55’s urgent OPD
referral• Hx recent onset with decreased VA –
URGENT A/E
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A 28 years old female presents with a smooth, round swelling in Left upper lid. It has been present for 2 months.
1. What is the likely diagnosis?2. What do you do?
Five
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• Meibomium cyst (Chalazion)
• Stye (abscess formation at root of
lash)
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• Preseptal cellulitis
• Orbital cellulitis
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A 20 year old women presents with bilateral red eyes that are gritty and burning. Discharge is evident on the lashes.
1. What is the likely diagnosis ?2. What else could it be?
Six
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• Vernal Conjunctivitis
• Chemosis - Conjunctival swelling
from allergy and excessive rubbing
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• Blepharitis
• Oil secretion from
Meibomian Glands
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Lid Hygiene
• 150ml Cooled boiled water• 1 tea spoon Baby shampoo• Mix and store in fridge up to 1/52• Using cotton bud – clean top and bottom
lashes (as if putting on eye liner)• Daily for 2/52 then decrease to twice a
week indefinitely
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A 24 year old man presents with a painful left red eye that has been present for 5 days and has been getting worse every day. He is quite photophobic.
1. What do you do ?2. What conditions do you consider ?
Seven
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• Episcleritis
• Scleritis
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• Dendritic Ulcer
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• Anterior Uveitis (Iritis)