Clinical & experimental ophthalmology
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Clin. Experiment. Ophthalmol. · May 2007
Letter Case ReportsSight-threatening orbital emphysema treated with needle decompression.
Orbital emphysema is rare in the absence of trauma, and is unlikely to result in visual loss. The authors describe a patient with no prior trauma who presented with decreased vision and increased intraocular pressure due to severe orbital emphysema after a sneeze. Computed tomography revealed subcutaneous emphysema of the lid and extraconal air in the orbit. Emergency needle decompression resulted in improvement in vision and intraocular pressure.
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Clin. Experiment. Ophthalmol. · May 2007
Teaching of ophthalmology in undergraduate curricula: a survey of Australasian and Asian medical schools.
Despite established international guidelines on preferred teaching components for ophthalmology in undergraduate curricula, with increasingly less specialty-based undergraduate teaching within curricula, teaching of core ophthalmology knowledge and skills may become marginalized. This survey aims to evaluate the current state of undergraduate ophthalmology teaching in Australasia and proximate Asian medical schools. ⋯ Ophthalmology may increasingly be a small, or even absent, component of undergraduate medical curricula. Despite established international ophthalmology curriculum guidelines, this survey highlights significant lack of uniformity in their implementation.