{"pk":871,"title":"Point-of-care Ultrasound Detection of Cataract in a Patient with Vision Loss: A Case Report","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Background:\n Point-of-care ocular ultrasound in the emergency department (ED) is an effective tool for promptly evaluating for several vision-threatening etiologies and can be used to identify more slowly progressing etiologies as well, such as cataract formation within the lens.\nCase Report:\n A 62-year-old female presented to the ED with a two-day history of painless vision loss of the left eye as well as reduced vision for the prior 30 days.\nConclusion:\n Point-of-care ultrasound was performed and showed calcification of the lens consistent with cataract.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"POCUS"},{"word":"ultrasonography"},{"word":"ocular"},{"word":"cataract"},{"word":"vision loss"}],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4pq6544f","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Kyle","middle_name":"","last_name":"Dornhofer","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, California","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Marawan","middle_name":"","last_name":"Alkhattabi","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, California","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Shadi","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lahham","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, California","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-07-14T19:20:19+02:00","date_accepted":"2020-07-14T19:20:19+02:00","date_published":"2020-07-14T20:14:20+02:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/871/galley/619/download/"}]}