Question 1
A 68-year-old female presents to your optometry clinic with sudden severe right ocular pain, blurred vision, halo around lights, and nausea. Examination shows a fixed mid-dilated pupil, corneal edema, and an intraocular pressure (IOP) of 48 mmHg in the right eye. What is the immediate initial optometric management step prior to emergency hospital referral?
Correct Answer:
Instill topical pilocarpine 2% and timolol 0.5% (if not contraindicated) and arrange emergency same-day ophthalmology admission
Question 2
A soft contact lens wearer presents with severe right eye pain, photophobia, and purulent discharge. Slit lamp examination reveals a 2.5 mm focal corneal stromal infiltrate with an overlying epithelial defect and surrounding edema. Corneal sensation is normal. Which pathogen is most commonly associated with rapid corneal melting in soft contact lens wearers requiring emergency referral?
Correct Answer:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Question 3
A 72-year-old patient reports a sudden onset of dark spots and flashes of light (photopsia) in the left eye followed by a curtain-like shadow descending over the upper visual field. Fundoscopy shows a greyish elevated retina with lost choroidal detail in the inferior nasal quadrant. What is the diagnosis and required referral urgency?
Correct Answer:
Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; emergency same-day ophthalmology referral
Question 4
An 80-year-old patient presents with acute distortion of straight lines (metamorphopsia) on the Amsler grid in the right eye over the past 3 days. Visual acuity in the right eye has dropped from 6/6 to 6/18. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) shows subretinal fluid and choroidal neovascularization (CNV). What is the appropriate NHS pathway management?
Correct Answer:
Urgent referral to the hospital eye service wet AMD anti-VEGF clinic within 2 weeks
Question 5
During a routine eye examination of a 55-year-old asymptomatic patient, Goldmann applanation tonometry measures IOPs of 24 mmHg RE and 25 mmHg LE. Slit lamp examination shows open anterior chamber angles (van Herick grade 4), clean optic discs with vertical cup-to-disc ratios of 0.3 bilaterally, and normal visual fields. According to NICE guideline NG81, how should this patient be classified?
Correct Answer:
Ocular hypertension (OHT)
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