Professional paper
Amaurosis Fugax is in the First Place, During Attack, Medical Emergency for Ophthalmologist’s Practice
Božo Vojniković
; Daily Eye Clinic »Dr. Božo Vojniković«, Rijeka, Croatia
Ines Strenja-Linić
; Department of Neurology, Rijeka University Hospital, Rijeka, Croatia
Aldo Ivančić
; Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Rijeka University Hospital, Rijeka, Croatia
Svatopluk Synek
; Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Saint Anne Hospital, Medical Faculty Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Vladimir Mićović
; Teaching Institute of Public Health of Primorsko-Goranska County, Rijeka, Croatia
Goran Bajek
; Department of Neurosurgery, Rijeka University Hospital, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
This paper is focused on disease Amaurosis Fugax (AF), indicating the necessary urgent therapy in attack of illnesses. In attack, the patient represents ophthalmic case, because of vision lost, but primary process and cause exists even earlier and very often is of chronical character. Authors emphasize sequencing in therapy of AF and accentuate that in 24 hours the cause of the disease may be defined. AF is a syndrome with very different etiopathogenesis, including also big complexity in diagnosis and therapy.
Keywords
amaurosis fugax; etiology; ophthalmic medical treatment
Hrčak ID:
51654
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Publication date:
20.4.2010.
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