Abstract
Rapid access clinics allow patients with non emergency conditions to be seen within a maximum of 2 weeks of onset of symptoms. Many conditions cause discomfort or anxiety but are best managed by a senior doctor with access to the appropriate investigations. The conditions discussed in this chapter are headache, swollen discs particularly with reference to OCT and autofluorescence to differentiate between oedema and optic nerve head drusen. Other topics covered are subacute angle closure, optic neuritis, Bell’s palsy and acute proptosis. A short revision of pupil anatomy and physiology and notes on electodignostic testing are included. Some comments are made on the interpretation of visual fields.
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Duvall-Young, J. (2019). Rapid Access: Neurology. In: Emergency, Acute and Rapid Access Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92369-7_6
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