Acute-onset floaters and flashes and risk for retinal detachment.

摘要

To the Editor: In their Rational Clinical Examination article, Dr Hollands and colleagues1 addressed acute onset of floaters and flashes. The evidence-based review and meta-analysis of historical features related to retinal tears suggested that new-onset symptoms, monocularity, and acute subjective visual reduction determine the need for same-day ophthalmologic evaluation.