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Eye Examination
Aka: Eye Examination, Eye Exam, Preventive Eye Examination, Preventive Eye Exam, Eye Vital Signs, Five Vital Signs of the Eye- See Also
- Indications: Acute Complaints
- Indications: Routine Eye Exams
- Black patients (higher risk of Glaucoma)
- Age 20 to 40: Baseline exam at age 20 years and then every 2-4 years
- Age 40 to 54: Every 1-3 years
- Age 55 to 64: Every 1-2 years
- White patients
- Age 40 to 54: Every 2-4 years
- Age 55 to 64: Every 1-3 years
- Age over 65: Every 1-2 years
- Black patients (higher risk of Glaucoma)
- Anatomy: Images
- Exam: Basic (primary care and emergency department) - Five Vital Signs of the Eye
- Visual Acuity
- Visual Field testing
- Pupilary light reflex and pupil size (Mydriasis, Miosis)
- Eye Neurologic Exam (including Extraocular Movements)
- Intraocular Pressure
- Exam: Comprehensive Eye Exam (Ophthalmology)
- Indications (see routine Eye Exam schedule above)
- Visual Acuity
- Dilated Eye Exam with Retinal Exam
- Tonometry
- Visual Field Testing
- Exam: Tools
- See Emergency Eye Kit
- Funduscopic Exam (Retinal Exam)
- Strongly consider Mydriatic use in acute presentations where Retinal Exam is key (if not contraindicated)
- See Funduscopic Exam
- Retinal artery Occlusion
- Retinal Detachment
- Papilledema
- Tonometry (e.g. Tonopen or Applanation Tonometry)
- Slit Lamp
- Corneal Abrasion or other injury
- Foreign body
- Globe Ultrasound
- Evaluate for Retinal Detachment
- Evaluate for Increased Intracranial Pressure
- Exam: Eye Injury
- See Eye Injury in Sports
- See Work-Related Eye Injury
- See Blunt Eye Trauma
- Apply topical Anesthesia (e.g. topical tetracaine)
- Fluorescein
- Eye Acidity Test
- Upper Eyelid Eversion (and lower Eyelid Eversion)