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Humans , Retinal Artery , Optic Neuritis , Diabetic Retinopathy , Carotid-Cavernous Sinus FistulaABSTRACT
El papel de la ecografía clínica o Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) en los pacientes con patología urgente se ha expandido exponencialmente en los últimos años. Con la ecografía clínica los médicos pueden realizar una evaluación rápida y decidir cómo actuar en situaciones en las que el tiempo es vital.La ecografía ocular es una de las aplicaciones desarrolladas más recientemente. En los pacientes con patología ocular grave no traumática tiene numerosos usos clínicamente relevantes: desprendimiento de retina, oclusión de la arteria central de la retina o patologías del nervio óptico, entre otras.La técnica está ampliamente disponible, es de fácil realización y puede proporcionar información incluso cuando la fundoscopia es imposible.En esta revisión describimos las bases de la ecografía clínica ocular centrándonos en el manejo de las principales patologías oftalmológicas urgentes no traumáticas a las que se puede enfrentar el médico en su práctica clínica. (AU)
The role of clinical ultrasound or Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in patients with urgent pathology has expanded exponentially in recent years. With clinical ultrasound, physicians can make a quick assessment and decide how to act in time critical situations.Ocular ultrasound is one of the most recently developed applications. In patients with severe non-traumatic ocular pathology it has numerous clinically relevant uses: retinal detachment, occlusion of the central retinal artery or optic nerve pathologies, among others.The technique is widely available, easy to perform, and can provide information even when fundoscopy is impossible.In this review, we describe the bases of clinical ocular ultrasound, focusing on the management of the main non-traumatic urgent ophthalmological pathologies that the physician may face in their clinical practice. (AU)
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Humans , Emergencies , Eye Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Point-of-Care Testing , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
The role of clinical ultrasound or Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in patients with urgent pathology has expanded exponentially in recent years. With clinical ultrasound, physicians can make a quick assessment and decide how to act in time critical situations. Ocular ultrasound is one of the most recently developed applications. In patients with severe non-traumatic ocular pathology it has numerous clinically relevant uses: retinal detachment, occlusion of the central retinal artery or optic nerve pathologies, among others. The technique is widely available, easy to perform, and can provide information even when fundoscopy is impossible. In this review, we describe the bases of clinical ocular ultrasound, focusing on the management of the main non-traumatic urgent ophthalmological pathologies that the physician may face in their clinical practice.
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Emergencies , Eye Diseases , Eye Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Point-of-Care Systems , Point-of-Care Testing , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
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