Salvage of Vision After Hypotension-Induced Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

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Identifier 19940302_nanos_sciplatform4_04
Title Salvage of Vision After Hypotension-Induced Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Creator Thomas C. Spoor, MD; John G. McHenry, MD; E. C. Skidmore, MD
Affiliation Detroit, Michigan
Subject Ischemic Optic Neuropathy; Hypotension; Uremia; Anemia
Description In patients with vascular risk factors, acute sustained hypotension can precipitate ischemic optic neuropathy. We evaluated three patients who developed ischemic optic neuropathy after a sudden and prolonged drop in arterial blood pressure. All three patients had pre-existing risk factors of chronic hypertension, uremia and anemia.
Date 1994-03-02
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1994 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 1994: Poster Presentations (Session III)
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 1994. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s63232ht
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 182807
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63232ht
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