Current treatment of central retinal artery occlusion: a national survey.
Teddy S YounPatrick LavinMorgan PatryloJoseph SchindlerHoward KirshnerDavid M GreerMatthew S SchragPublished in: Journal of neurology (2017)
This survey shows that there is significant variability in treatment practices for acute CRAO in the US. Because of the high cerebrovascular and cardiovascular risk reported in this population of patients, it is notable that the approach to risk factor screening is also highly variable and many programs do not routinely refer patients to an emergency department for urgent evaluation. Finally, there appears to be equipoise among treatment teams regarding the efficacy of systemic fibrinolysis, as 53% of programs report a willingness to treat at least some patients with this modality.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- healthcare
- primary care
- risk factors
- liver failure
- cross sectional
- optical coherence tomography
- respiratory failure
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- electronic health record
- aortic dissection
- clinical evaluation