title: Ophthalmic assessment by the family physician.
abstract: The family physician's basic eye assessment can be carried out with relatively few drugs and instruments. The presenting picture in most patients will fall within one of five categories - redness, discharge and itching, photophobia, pain or visual loss. Causes of these symptoms are described and the therapeutic implications of the more common and simple conditions considered. Other aspects of the eye examination have been considered, including assessment of the anterior chamber, pupillary reaction, ocular motility, measurement of intraocular pressure, and fundoscopy.
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authors.lastname: Dyson