Provide a primary care provider the conditions responsible for acute vision loss in order to initiate therapy, when appropriate and/or refer urgently to an ophthalmologist.

Learning Objectives

• Evaluate a patient complaining of a sudden decrease in visual acuity or visual field.
• Develop a differential diagnosis.
• Recognize situations requiring emergent or urgent action.

Presenter
George Clavenna, DO

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Accreditation and Credit Statements
The Iowa Chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (IACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

IACOFP designates this program for a maximum number of 1.00 AOA Category 1-A credit and will report CME with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

Disclaimer
This program is sponsored by IACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Attendees participating in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.

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