Walsh & Hoyt: Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Settings of Hemodynamic Compromise

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Identifier wh_ch7_p371_1
Title Walsh & Hoyt: Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Settings of Hemodynamic Compromise
Creator Anthony C. Arnold, MD
Affiliation UCLA
Subject Optic Nerve Diseases; Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Papilledema; Hemodynamic Compromise; Posterior
Description Systemic hypotension, blood loss, and anemia may produce optic nerve ischemia. The most commonly reported causes of blood loss associated with ION are (a) spontaneous gastrointestinal or uterine bleeding and (b) surgically induced hemorrhage, related most frequently to cardiac bypass or lumbar spine procedures. Less often, hypotensive episodes in the setting of chronic anemia without blood loss (as inchron ic hemodialysis) may result in ION.
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition
Relation is Part of Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_whts
ID 185897
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66b0c1t
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