Digital Ocular Fundus Photography in the Emergency Department: A New Application for Telemedicine?

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Headache, Acute, Focal Neurologic Disease, Severely Elevated Blood Pressure, Acute Visual Loss

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if non-dilated retinal photography in the emergency room improves the diagnosis of papilledema (optic nerve swelling) in patients with neurologic disease compared to direct ophthalmoscopy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00873613

Run by

Emory University

People needed

705

Starts

2009-04-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-11-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Presenting complaint of headache, acute focal neurologic disease, or acute visual changes
• Diastolic blood pressure >= 120
• Age 18 or older

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to sit-up, not interested in participation, confused
• Age 17 or younger

Where it is running

• Emory University — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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