CRACKCast E209 – Diplopia - a podcast by The CanadiEM.org Team
from 2020-01-07T03:00
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Core Questions:
- What is diplopia and how is it classified?
- What four questions help clinicians delineate the potential cause of a patient’s diplopia?
- What are the cardinal directions of gaze and how are they tested?
- Outline the physical exam for the patient with monocular and binocular diplopia.
- Outline the DDx for monocular diplopia?
- Outline the DDx for binocular diplopia? [Table 18.1]
- Detail the different oculomotor palsies. [Figure 18.3]
- Detail the various lacunar stroke syndromes. [Box 18.1]
- Define internuclear ophthalmoplegia.
- What ancillary tests are required for the patient presenting with diplopia? [Figure 18.4]
Wisecracks:
- What are the most common oculomotor palsies and what causes them?
- What is orbital apex syndrome?
- What is the “rule of the pupil” and how reliable is it?
- Detail the physical exam maneuvers used to identify patients with myasthenia gravis.
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