Visual loss as a complication of non-ophthalmologic surgery: A review of the literature

AANA Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-292

  Rupp Montpetit, Kimberly ^b   Moody, Merri L ^a,c,d  

^a Rice Memorial Hospital ^*

^b Graduate Program in Nurse Anesthesia   (United States)

^c SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d AANA Foundation Closed Claims Study   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; Intraocular pressure; Ischemic optic neuropathy; Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DISEASE; ANTERIOR ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY POSTURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COLLAGEN DISEASE; COLLAGEN VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPRESSION; CORNEA ABRASION; CORNEA INJURY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; KIDNEY FAILURE; NON OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGERY; ORBIT COMPRESSION INJURY; ORBIT INJURY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; POSTERIOR ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SURGERY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANESTHESIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; PRONE POSITION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 3843059147     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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