mdlinx mdlinx
Article Search

Emergency Medicine - Ophthalmology News & Articles

MDLinx.com is your one stop shop for the latest Emergency Medicine news articles and peer reviewed clinical journal articles categorized daily into various hot topics such as: Trauma, Emergency Medicine Services, Airway/Respiratory management, Toxicology and much more. Not only are we the quickest, writing summaries of every article with 24 hours of publication, but we are also your most efficient resource for up-to-the-minute literature in Emergency Medicine.

As an added feature, on this page you can also view highly recommended articles highlighted by our physician editor D. Scott Cunningham, MD, PhD and clinical pearls from the Internal Medicine Physician Review.

MDLinx members have exclusive access to elite content and category 1CME opportunities, PLUS we will provide you with specialized email alerts on topics specifically chosen by you, to help you stay current with the latest medical news and research daily. Need another reason to join the MDLinx community? Members looking to explore new medical job opportunities can send us a CV, along with some basic personal details, and we will create a professional profile in the MDLinx Career Center to be viewed by industry leading recruiters.

Your Unread Messages in Emergency Medicine

See All >> Messages include industry-sponsored communications and special communications from MDLinx

Articles

Latest Full Text Articles (6)
Ranked, sorted, and summarized by MDLinx editors from the latest literature
Topics:

1 JUN regulates early transcriptional responses to axonal injury in retinal ganglion cells Experimental Eye Research, May 13, 2013    Clinical Article

2 The Newport eye: design and initial evaluation of a novel foreign body training phantom Emergency Medicine Journal, May 10, 2013    Review Article

3 Prognostic Value of an Ocular Trauma Score in Ocular Firecracker Trauma Journal of Burn Care & Research, May 7, 2013    Clinical Article

4 An Interesting Case of a Unilaterally Dilated Pupil Pediatric Emergency Care, May 6, 2013

5 Treatment of Traumatic Corneal Abrasions: A Three-Arm, Prospective, Randomized Study Ophthalmic Research, May 3, 2013    Clinical Article

6 Dry Eye Syndrome, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depression in an Older Male Veteran Population Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, May 3, 2013    Review Article

7 An asymptomatic intraorbital foreign body for 30 years Auris Nasus Larynx, May 2, 2013    Clinical Article

8 Diathermy of leaking sclerotomies after 23-gauge transconjunctival pars plana vitrectomy: a prospective study Retina, April 29, 2013    Clinical Article

9 Toxicology observation: Nystagmus after marijuana use Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, April 29, 2013

10 Visual Outcomes after Blunt Ocular Trauma Ophthalmology, April 26, 2013    Clinical Article

11 Vitreous hemorrhage after trabeculotomy in aphakic eyes Journal of AAPOS, April 25, 2013

12 Cultivated Limbal Epithelial Transplantation in Children With Ocular Surface Burns Cultivated Limbal Epithelial Transplantation JAMA Ophthalmology, April 18, 2013    Clinical Article

13 Scope of resident ophthalmology consultation service and patient follow-up rates at a level 1 trauma center in Brooklyn, New York Full Text Clinical Ophthalmology, April 15, 2013    Review Article

14 Axonal loss and blood flow disturbances in the natural course of indirect traumatic optic neuropathy Full Text Chinese Medical Journal, April 15, 2013    Clinical Article

15 Prediction of visual outcomes after open globe injury in children: A 17-year Canadian experience Journal of AAPOS, April 15, 2013    Review Article

16 Distracted pedestrian sustains orbital fracture while on cell phone Full Text Clinical Ophthalmology, April 15, 2013

17 Intravitreal ranibizumab in treating extensive traumatic submacular hemorrhage Full Text Clinical Ophthalmology, April 15, 2013

18 Previous cyclodestruction is a risk factor for late-onset hypotony and suprachoroidal haemorrhage after glaucoma drainage device surgery British Journal of Ophthalmology, April 9, 2013    Clinical Article

19 Susceptibility weighted imaging depicts retinal hemorrhages in abusive head trauma Neuroradiology, April 9, 2013    Clinical Article

20 Anterior Chamber Bleeding After Laser Peripheral Iridotomy JAMA Ophthalmology, April 5, 2013    Clinical Article

50 available pages FirstPrevious 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next Last

Clinical Pearls in Emergency Medicine

  • Appendicitis is the most common pediatric gastrointestinal surgical emergency.
  • Drug-eluting stent (DES) placement improves revascularization rates without increased 3-year hazard of adverse clinical outcomes among individuals undergoing emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention due to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs).
  • Using an accelerated diagnostic protocol (ADP) with Troponin 1 as the sole biomarker may successfully identify low short-term risk of major adverse coronary event (MACE), and decrease observation time among individuals who present to the ER with chest pain.
 » Test your knowledge. Take the Smartest Doc challenge today!

Highlights in Emergency Medicine

Procalcitonin and CRP predict identify high-risk children with appendicitis

As published in Pediatric Emergency Care, procalcitonin and CRP levels discriminate between children admitted with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis who may require closer monitoring. The study involved 111 children who were divided into 2 groups based on intra-operative diagnoses of appendicitis (n=69) and peritonitis (n=42). Patients with peritonitis, who were more likely to have complications and require intensive care unit admission, had significantly higher procalcitonin (0.15 vs. 4.95 ng/ml) and CRP levels (3 vs. 14.3 mg/dl) on admission than patients with appendicitis. Using a cut-off procalcitonin level of 0.18 ng/ml, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for peritonitis were 97%, 80%, 72%, and 89.3%, respectively. Using a cut-off CRP level of 3 mg/dl, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for peritonitis were 95%, 74%, 68%, and 96.2%, respectively.

Read the article summary

Vomiting during acute stroke increases mortality

As published in the Emergency Medicine Journal, patients who vomit during acute strokes have an increased risk of mortality (HR=5.06). Of 1968 stroke patients enrolled in the study, 1349 had cerebral infarctions, 459 had cerebral hemorrhages, and 152 had subarachnoid hemorrhages; 14.5% of all stroke patients vomited during the acute stage of the stroke (cerebral infarction, 8.7%; cerebral hemorrhage, 23.7%; and subarachnoid hemorrhage, 36.8%).

Read the article summary

Association between tight glycemic control and hip fracture in diabetics

As published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, patients with T2DM (mean age, 77.3 y; n=932) with a HbA1c < 6% (OR=3.01) or 6.1-7% (OR=2.34) are more likely to sustain a hip fracture than patients with a HbA1c > 8%. All patients had a HbA1c level determined within 3 months preceding the hip fracture. No differences in risk existed between patients treated with oral hypoglycemics or insulin.

Read the article summary

Get reports via email to claim your reading activity at MDLinx as Category 2 CME (It takes less than a minute)

Other Topics in Emergency Medicine

Register now to view all the MDLinx contents (FREE)!

  • Stay current on the latest literature, research and clinical news
  • Get special communications and offers from MDLinx and our sponsors
  • Receive invitations to paid market research
View Samples and Register

Stay current - Media Tool

Newsletter
RSS
Follow Us
Facebook

Receive free subspecialty
"5-minute updates" via email

Sign up!

Send the E-mail Newsletter to a Colleague


Send

♦ Subscribe to our free RSS feeds:
Get the latest news in your specialty automatically added to your newsreader or your personal My Yahoo!, Google, My MSN or My AOL page. Learn More ♦

♦ Follow Us on Twitter
Twitter is a rich source of instantly updated information. Join today and follow @MDLinx to start receiving tweets. Learn More ♦

♦ Follow Us on Facebook

Close

Search the latest
Emergency Medicine Jobs
@MDLinx Career Center
View the full listing of physician jobs
 

MDLinx  |  About MDLinx  |  Contact Us  |  Advertise with MDLinx  |  Site Map  |  Help  |  Privacy Policy  |  Terms of Use  |  Sign Up for Newsletters  |  Recommend this Site  | 
MDLinx Blog  |  Emergency Medicine Jobs  |  MDLinx Career Center

Deustch

©1999-2013 M3 USA