Functional Visual Loss
My Session Status
What:
Talk | Exposé
Part of:
When:
8:00, Friday 1 Jun 2018
(30 minutes)
Where:
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building)
- Room 716 B
Theme:
Allied Health
Functional
visual loss accounts for up to 12% of presentations to neuro-ophthalmic
clinics, and up to 50% can have co-existent organic disease. Allied health practitioners
in ophthalmology have a large role in helping to differentiate organic from
functional visual loss by the use of specific examination techniques when
testing visual acuity and visual fields. They also have a role in conducting
various adjunctive tests that help to separate organic from functional visual
loss. This course aims to describe an approach to patients with functional
visual loss, specifically focusing on areas where allied health can aid in the
diagnosis.