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. 2013 Mar 31;7:643–647. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S43345

Table 4.

Emergency room diagnoses (nontraumatic)

Diagnosis Patients (each diagnosis, n)
Conjunctivitis 25
Glaucoma/glaucoma suspect 16
Uveitis 14
Cellulitis 7
Corneal disorder, posterior vitreous detachment 6
Chalazion/hordeolum, pinguecula/pterygium, vitreous hemorrhage, subjective visual disturbance, normal eye examination 5
HSV keratitis, blepharitis, diabetic retinopathy, temporal arteritis, retinal detachment/tear 4
Blind painful eye, cataract, contact lens overwear, dry eye syndrome, endophthalmitis, RVO 3
Episcleritis, cranial nerve palsy, idiopathic intracranial hypertension 2
Hypertensive retinopathy, sickle retinopathy, hyphema, keratoconus, scleritis, CNS neoplasm, papilledema, thyroid eye disease, uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema syndrome 1

Abbreviations: CNS, central nervous system; HSV, herpes simplex virus; RVO, retinal vein occlusion.