Nonmydriatic ocular fundus photography among headache patients in an emergency department

Abstract

Editors' Note: Direct ophthalmoscopy is sometimes omitted during the neurologic examination, even when it is necessary. There is no definite solution for this issue, Appleton et al. and Bruce et al. agree. But the former endorses appropriate and thorough clinical examination while the latter explains the benefit of nonmydriatic ocular fundus photography, especially when the ocular abnormalities are subtle. Distinguishing behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) from Alzheimer disease (AD) can be challenging. In response to Hornberger, who argues that episodic memory deficit is a poor diagnostic predictor to discriminate bvFTD from AD, Mendez clarifies that their study looked at a select group of patients …