UCSF Scribe - Ophthalmology Questions With 100% Correct Answers

Ocular Dexter (OD) - Answer-Right Eye Ocular Sinister (OS) - Answer-Left Eye Humphrey Visual Field (HVF) - Answer-A test used to check the peripheral vision Intravenous Fluorescein Angiography (IVFA) - Answer-Used to assess the blood vessels in and behind the retina Cataracts (Cats) - Answer-Clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG) - Answer-Optic nerve damage from multiple possible causes that is chronic and progresses over time, with loss of optic nerve fibers that is characteristic of the disease Diabetes without retinopathy (DM w/o ret) - Answer-No bleeding in the retina Background Diabetic Retinopathy (BDR) - Answer-Bleeding in the retina that does not require laser Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR) - Answer-Bleeding the retina that does require laser Clinically Significant Macular Edema (CSME) - Answer-Leakage into the center of the retina from diabetes that requires laser Refractive Error (RE) - Answer-A general term used to cover, myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism Myopia - Answer-nearsighted Hyperopia - Answer-FarsightedAstigmatism - Answer-An oval shape to the eye, condition in which the eye does not focus light evenly onto the retina Presbyopia - Answer-The need for bifocals or reading glasses when we get into our 40's or above Amblyopia - Answer-An eye that cannot be corrected to good vision with glasses yet, there is no apparent disease to the eye causing reduction in vision aka lazy eye Strabismic Amblyopia - Answer-An amblyopia with an eye turn Pink Eye - Answer-Refers to an infection to the conjunctiva and/or cornea by a virus, cannot be treated by antiobiotics Epidemic Kerato Conjunctivitis (EKC) - Answer-A very severe viral infection of the conjunctiva and cornea Herpes Simplex Keratitis (HSK) - Answer-A common infection of the cornea with a herpes virus, needs to be treated with a specific antiviral to preserve vision Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) - Answer-A machine that has gained popularity over the past decade for its ability to image the retina in very fine detail, and to help diagnose some disorders of the retina that cannot be seen with the naked eye Adduction - Answer-Movement toward the midline of the body