title: Acute visual loss and other neuro-ophthalmologic emergencies: management.
abstract: Patients with neuro-ophthalmologic findings and diseases commonly present in the emergency room. This article reviews the approach to acute visual loss, the abnormal optic disc, double vision, and the neuro-ophthalmologic signs of neurologic emergencies, including hydrocephalus, herniation syndromes, vascular lesions, and trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3 East Gates Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. jennifer.graves@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Graves
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Galetta
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*