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A 65yo man presents to the clinician with c/o increasing bilateral peripheral vision loss, poor night vision,
and frequent prescription changes that started 6mo previously. Recently, he has also been seeing halos
around lights. The clinician suspects chronic open-angle glaucoma. Which of the following statements is
true concerning the diagnosis of chronic open-angle glaucoma?
The presence of increased intraoccular pressure measured by tonometry is definitive for the dx of open-
angle glaucoma.
, The clinician can definitively diagnose open-angle glaucoma based on the subjective complaints of the
patient.
Physical diagnosis relies on gonioscopic evaluation of the angle by an ophthalmologist.
Early dx is essential in order to revers any damage that has occurred to the optic nerve. - ✔✔c. Physical
diagnosis relies on gonioscopic evaluation of the angle by an ophthalmologist.
Acute angle-closure glaucoma involves a sudden severe rise in intraoccular pressure. Which of the
following ranges represents normal intraoccular pressure?
0-7mm Hg
8-21mm Hg
22-40mm Hg
40-80mm Hg - ✔✔b. 8-21mm Hg
As diabetic retinopathy progresses, the presence of "cotton wool" spots can be detected. Cotton wool
spots refer to: - ✔✔Nerve fiber layer infarctions
Which of the following is an example of sensorineural hearing loss?
Perforation of the tympanic membrane
Otosclerosis
Cholesteatoma
Presbycusis - ✔✔d. Presbycusis
The clinician is assessing a patient complaining of hearing loss. The clinician places a tuning fork over the
patient's mastoid process, and when the sound fades away, the fork is placed without restriking it over
the external auditory meatus. The patient is asked to let the clinician know when the sound fades away.
This is an example of which type of test? - ✔✔Rinne test
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