ocular injuries

Initial step in managing a chemical burn to the eye is

• Check visual acuity

• Irrigate the eye copiously

• Apply topical antibiotic drops

• Dilate the pupil

Most domestic solutions that cause chemical injury are

• Acidic

• Alkaline

• Neutral

• Oxidising

Berlin's edema refers to

• Penetrating injury to the eye

• Blunt trauma to the eye

• Radiation injury to the eye

• Chemical injury to the eye

Dua's classification is used for

• Glaucoma

• Cataract

• Blunt trauma to the eye

• Chemical injury to the eye

Photophthalmia occurs secondary to what

• Solar rays by looking directly in the sun

• Ultraviolet rays from UV arc

• Microwave rays

• Infrared rays from glass blowers

Regarding Sympathetic Ophthalmitis which of the following is correct

• It never occurs during first year following trauma to exciting eye

• Usually complicates a non perforating ocular trauma

• The sympathizing eye will show signs of previous ocular injury

• There is diffuse bilateral panuveitis

A patient sustained an injury to left eye with a tennis ball and presented with progressive proptosis,intense eyelids with high IOP and loss of vision in left eye.What is the probable cause for his presentation

• Globe rupture

• Blow out fracture of orbit

• Retrabulbar haemorrhage

• Fracture base of skull

Which is a common sign of orbital blow out fracture following blunt trauma to face

• Increased IOP

• Restricted extraocular movements mainly in upgaze

• Corneal edema

• Retinal detachment

What is the most common cause of visual loss from ocular trauma

• Corneal abrasion

• Hyphema

• Retinal detachment

• Open globe injury

A 12 year old boy presnets with a ruptured globe after being stuck by a baseball.The most important initial step in management is

• Immediate surgical repair of rupture

• Topical antibiotic ointment application

• Protecting eye with a shield and assessing other injuries

• Start systametic antibiotic