title: Red Alert: diagnosis and management of the acute red eye.
abstract: The acute red eye represents a broad spectrum of disease encompassing benign self-limiting conditions to potentially vision-threatening ophthalmic or system disease. This article will review clinical principles essential for the diagnosis and treatment of red eye relevant to all Armed Forces primary care and emergency medicine practitioners.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dickie
mesh_terms: D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003234:Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D007634:Keratitis / Q000209:etiology; D008889:Military Personnel; D010808:Physical Examination; D015423:Scleritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy