SAEM Clinical Images Series: Contact Your Nearest Ophthalmologist
September 11, 2023
A 29-year-old female with a past medical history of migraine headaches presented to the emergency department (ED) for several hours of bilateral eye pain, redness,...
Andrew Helber, MD
Light-Activated Hydrogel Thickens, Reshapes Thinning Cornea
August 9, 2023
Researchers at the University of Ottawa have developed a light-activated hydrogel treatment for corneal disease. Many of the people who suffer from corneal disease, which...
Conn Hastings
SAEM Clinical Images Series: My Eye Looks Different
April 17, 2023
A 29 year-old-male with a past medical history of left eye enucleation secondary to a gunshot wound several years prior presents to the Emergency Department...
Jonathon Brewer, MD
Trick of the Trade: Antibiotic ointment for removal of artificial nail glue from eyelids
February 8, 2023
A bottle of nail glue and timolol eye drops (reproduced with permission from BMJ Publishing Group Ltd [1]) You are working a busy shift in...
Paige Ruiz, MD
Bioprinted Eye Tissue to Study Retinal Diseases
January 6, 2023
Researchers at the National Eye Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, have created a method to 3D bioprint eye tissue that...
Bioengineered Cornea Restores Sight
August 18, 2022
Scientists at Linköping University in Sweden have developed a collagen-based corneal implant that can restore sight to blind patients with corneal disease. The breakthrough could...
Smartphone App to Diagnose Neurological Disorders
May 5, 2022
A team at the University of California San Diego has developed a smartphone app that can precisely measure changes in pupil size as a potential...
Electronic Eye Enables Color Vision
April 26, 2022
A team at Georgia State University have developed an “electronic eye” that can provide color vision for microrobots. While the technology should be useful for...
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Snowball Effects
March 7, 2022
A 13-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with complaints of a right eye injury. Five hours prior to arrival, he was struck directly in...
Jennifer Butler, MD
EM Quick Hits 36 – Surviving Sepsis, Angle Closure Glaucoma, Bougies, Frostbite, Hot/Altered Patient, Central Cord Syndrome
March 1, 2022
In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Brit Long on Surving Sepsis Campaign -2021 Updates, Nour Khatib on rural medicine case - angle closure glaucoma,...
Anton Helman
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Eye Pain
January 31, 2022
A 59-year-old gentleman experiencing homelessness with a history of hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatitis C, alcohol use disorder, and tobacco dependence presented to the emergency department (ED)...
Manasa Bhatta