October 19, 2020

#237 Ophthalmology for Primary Care

1 hour 1 minute

Fun, fluorescein, and fundoscopy unite as our esteemed guest, Dr. Nisha Chadha @iEducatorMD (Mount Sinai School of Medicine) brings us ophthalmology for primary care! Dr. Chadha is a medical educator and the content creator of the med-ed simulation website 20/20 Sim. She teaches us the 3-vital signs of ophthalmology, how to recognize common diabetic eye diseases, how to explain diabetic retinopathy to our patients, how to optimize a patient for cataract surgery and so much more. This episode is truly vision-ary!

Listeners can claim Free CE credit through VCU Health at http://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/ (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date).

Credits

Written, Produced, and Infographic by: Carolyn Chan, MD
Cover Art: Kate Grant
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Carolyn Chan, MD
Editor: Emi Okamoto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com

Guest: Dr. Nisha Chadha

Sponsors:

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VCU Health CE

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Time Stamps

Sponsor – National Internal Medicine Day, The American College of Physicians
Sponsor – VCU Health Continuing Education

00:30 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio

03:21 Guest one-liner, Carolyn’s Pick of the Week

09:05 Picks of the Week*

10:13 Case from Kashlak, 3 - Vital Signs of Ophthalmology

17:09 Ocular complications of diabetes

20:22 Screening for diabetic retinopathy; Reports and Abbreviations

26:07 Counseling Patients: The eye is a camera; Clinical symptoms of ocular complications

32:07 Fluorescein Stain; Treatment Options for Diabetic Eye Disease: NPDR, PDR, VH, and RD

41:16 Eye Vitamins for Macular Edema

43:35 Cataracts

47:22 Missing Glaucoma Drops

50:50 Periop Optimization for Cataract Surgery, Anticoagulation and Other Medical Management

58:14 Take Home Points, Plug: 20/20 Sim; Outro

Sponsor – VCU Health Continuing Education

Links*

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20/20 Sim Site

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Goal Listeners will discuss screening, counseling, and management of common ocular diseases seen within primary care.

Learning objectives

After listening to this episode listeners will…

Define and assess the three vital signs of ophthalmology.
List ocular complications of diabetes.
Counsel a patient on a new diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy.
Describe treatments for diabetic retinopathy.
Define proliferative retinopathy, non-proliferative retinopathy, and macular edema.
Compose a perioperative medication management plan for cataract surgery

Disclosures

Dr. Chadha reports no relevant financial disclosures. The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures.

Citation

Chan C., Chadha N., Okamoto E., Watto MF. “#237 Ophthalmology for Primary Care”. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list Original air date October 19, 2020.