A 47-year-old with suspected acute angle-closure glaucoma presents with severe eye pain, headache, haloes, and fixed mid-dilated pupil. Immediate mana...

Question

A 47-year-old with suspected acute angle-closure glaucoma presents with severe eye pain, headache, haloes, and fixed mid-dilated pupil. Immediate management?

Accepted Answer

Oral acetazolamide and urgent ophthalmology

Answer

Topical chloramphenicol

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Topical steroid only

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Oral amlodipine

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Routine optician review

mrcem sba MCQ (SBA): Acute angle-closure glaucoma

A 47-year-old with suspected acute angle-closure glaucoma presents with severe eye pain, headache, haloes, and fixed mid-dilated pupil. Immediate management?