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Knock Knock Eye: What Happens When Your Eyelids Won’t Close?
This week, I’m answering your YouTube questions, including why my histology shirt is back, and then diving into a mystery case straight from the ICU. A sedated teenager with a swollen face, red eyes, and a whole lot of chemosis needs help, and I show up with… my ophthalmologist luggage.
What I found is something every ICU clinician has seen but doesn’t always recognize: exposure keratopathy, the completely preventable eye emergency that happens when the lids won’t close, the tears disappear, and the cornea gets sacrificed to hospital airflow.
Takeaways:
How facial edema and chemosis in the…
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