title: Acute visual loss.
abstract: Acute visual loss is not an infrequent presenting complaint to the Emergency Department. The history of visual loss, physical examination of the eye, and indicated laboratory evaluation are keys to making the diagnosis. The etiology of nontraumatic visual loss is diverse, involving vascular, anatomic, infectious, autoimmune, toxicologic, and psychogenic causes. Appropriate treatment, as well as the need for timeliness of ophthalmologic consultation, is described.
authors.affiliation: Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zun
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea; D012161:Retinal Artery; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000150:complications; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications