Acute subretinal hemorrhage and exudative age-related macular degeneration: the role of bedside ocular ultrasound in ED diagnosis and management

Acute subretinal hemorrhage and exudative age-related macular degeneration: the role of bedside ocular ultrasound in ED diagnosis and management☆

Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA

Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA

George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20037, USA

Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA

Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA

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☆This case was presented in the form of a Poster at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Meeting in the Spring of 2008.