Acute Loss of Vision: Non-Traumatic
Acute loss of vision is an ophthalmic emergency. Assess urgently. Persistent or unexplained cases require immediate specialist ophthalmology input.
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Acute Loss of Vision: Non-Traumatic (chart)
Acute non-traumatic loss of vision is an ophthalmic emergency. All patients require urgent assessment, and persistent deficits mandate immediate ophthalmology referral.
Loss of vision DDx
Causes of visual loss or blindness can be categorised by presence or absence of trauma, transient or persistent and monocular or binocular.
Out of Sight
As we're coming to the end of an absolutely eyeful Ophthalmology August here at LitFL it's time to bring together all the different ways the 'lights can go out'. Are you ready for the visual loss challenge?