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Ocular Emergencies in Small Animal Patients.
Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2020 Nov; 50(6):1261-1276.VC

Abstract

Small animal ocular emergencies vary from relatively benign to potentially vision or life threatening, with significant overlap in clinical signs. Careful ophthalmic examination in dim light conditions with a bright light source and competent patient head restraint are crucial to properly diagnosing ocular disease. Adjunctive ophthalmic diagnostic testing should be performed to rule out corneal ulceration, glaucoma, and dry eye before empiric topical antibiotic or steroid medications are prescribed. Most emergency cases present because of ocular redness, cloudiness, discomfort, apparent bulging, or vision loss; categorizing differential diagnoses on this basis can be helpful to the emergency clinician.

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Wynne RM
Cornell University Veterinary Specialists, 880 Canal Street, Stamford, CT 06902, USA; Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, USA. Electronic address: rwynne@cuvs.org.

MeSH

AnimalsCat DiseasesCatsDiagnostic Techniques, OphthalmologicalDog DiseasesDogsEmergenciesEye DiseasesEye Injuries

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Review

Language

eng

PubMed ID

32854977

Citation

Wynne, Rachel Matusow. "Ocular Emergencies in Small Animal Patients." The Veterinary Clinics of North America. Small Animal Practice, vol. 50, no. 6, 2020, pp. 1261-1276.
Wynne RM. Ocular Emergencies in Small Animal Patients. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2020;50(6):1261-1276.
Wynne, R. M. (2020). Ocular Emergencies in Small Animal Patients. The Veterinary Clinics of North America. Small Animal Practice, 50(6), 1261-1276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvsm.2020.07.003
Wynne RM. Ocular Emergencies in Small Animal Patients. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2020;50(6):1261-1276. PubMed PMID: 32854977.
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