Abstract
Patients present to emergency departments with eye complaints frequently, accounting for approximately 1–2% of all ED visits. Eye emergencies can be categorized into three categories: the red eye, the painful eye, and those with associated vision loss. This chapter will focus mainly on the eyelid and common disorders emergency physicians need to be able to diagnose and treat upon their presentation. Patient presenting signs and symptoms, evaluation, treatment, and disposition for stye, chalazion, blepharitis, dacryocystitis, and ectropion are discussed in detail.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Kumar V, Robbins SL. Robbins basic pathology. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier; 2007.
American Academy of Ophthalmology. Preferred practice pattern: blepharitis. October 2012 revision. https://www.aao.org/preferred-practice-pattern/blepharitis-ppp--2013. Accessed 10 Nov 2016.
Lemp MA, Nichols KK. Blepharitis in the United States 2009: a survey-based perspective on prevalence and treatment. Ocul Surf. 2009;7(Suppl 2):S1–14.
Lindsley K, Matsumura S, Hatef E, Akpek EK. Interventions for chronic blepharitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012;5:CD005556.
Pflugfelder SC, Karpecki PM, Perez VL. Treatment of blepharitis: recent clinical trials. Ocul Surf. 2014;12(4):273–84.
Perry HD, Doshi-Carnevale S, Donnenfeld ED, et al. Efficacy of commercially available topical cyclosporine A 0.05% in the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction. Cornea. 2006;25:171–5.
Skuta GL, Cantor LB, Cioffi GA, et al., editors. American Academy of Ophthalmology basic clinical science course: external disease and cornea. Vol. 8. San Francisco, CA: American Academy of Ophthalmology; 2013. p. 44–50. 58–66.
Pinar-Sueiro S, Sota M, Lerchundi TX, Gibelalde A, Berasategui B, Vilar B, Hernandez JL. Dacryocystitis: systematic approach to diagnosis and therapy. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2012;14(2):137–46.
Kanski JJ, Bowling B. Clinical ophthalmology: a systemic approach. 7th ed. New York: Elsevier Saunders; 2011. p. 34–9.
Marx JA, Rosen P. Rosen’s emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders; 2014. Chapter 71.
Tintinalli JE, Stapczynski JS, Ma OJ, Yealy DM, Meckler GD, Cline D. Tintinalli’s emergency medicine: a comprehensive study guide. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education; 2016. Chapter 241.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Streitz, M. (2018). Eyelid Disorders. In: Long, B., Koyfman, A. (eds) Handbook of Emergency Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78945-3_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78945-3_5
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-78944-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-78945-3
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)