In this case report, a patient with neuroretinitis from a infection is described, and insights into methods to distinguish this type of case from more common etiologies of optic nerve edema are presented. A 21-year-old female with a history of right monocular vision loss due to amblyopia presented to the emergency department (ED) with occipital headache, fever, dizziness, nasal congestion, and painless blurry vision in the left eye for one day. A lumbar puncture found a slightly high opening pressure but no evidence of meningitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntraoperative hypotension happens in everyday clinical practice. It was suggested to have a strong association with adverse postoperative outcomes. Hypotension prediction index (HPI) was developed to predict intraoperative hypotension (mean arterial pressure <65 mmHg) in real time.
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