DR. MD. RAGHIB TAUHEED

DR. SUNIL KUMAR, DR. ARCHANA SINHA, DR. NEHA KIRAN

Abstract

Aim:To get expert opinion of how urgently to request neuroimaging for neuro-ophthalmological clinical scenarios

Method: Neuro-ophthalmologist were approached with list of 35 different neuropthalmological clinical scenarios generally presented in eye OPD and asked to state how urgently they would obtain neuroimaging.There were 4 response options:Emergengy(within 2 days),Urgent(within 1 week),Observation (after 1 month),No Need.Consensus was set at an prior level of 75% agreement

Result:21out of 35 scenarios met the criteria for consensus. 9 of these cases taken for emergency,7for urgent imaging,5 for observation imaging.Rest14 scenarios not reached consensus for imaging.

Conclusion:Neuro-ophthalmologists differ on urgency of neuroimaging, with consensus for some neuro-ophthalmological cases and Disagreement for many.To determine timing of neuroimaging,prospective or retrospective studies need to be done.

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