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In addition to exploring the mechanisms behind clinical observation, this text provides specifics on how to treat the individual patient in the office. There is a wealth of practical information applicable to day-to-day work, emphasizing the best new strategies for therapy--as well as potential future directions--the Fourth Edition is the perfect answer to streamlining the ophthalmologist's clinical decision-making every day. Each chapter features Classical Misunderstandings: pitfalls in diagnosis and treatment...clinical pearls straight from the authors' clinical experience...flow charts incorporated throughout to help the reader make even better, faster decisions

Table of Contents:
Part 1 The basics: introduction; anatomy; practical aqueous humour dynamics: an interesting question, and testing of new glaucoma drugs; the patient's history: symptoms of glaucoma, special points in the patient history, steroid-induce elevation of IOP; examination of the eye, the rule of five percent; tonometry and tonography; gonioscopy: gonioscopy during operation; examination of the optic nerve; imaging of the optic nerve head and nerve fibber layer in glaucoma, the glaucoma-scope; visual fields and their relationships to the optic nerve; the visual evoked response (VER) in glaucoma. Part 2 Medications used in Glaucoma therapy: medications used in chronic claucoma therapy: adrenergic agents - blockers and agonists, evaluating clinical trials; systemic Beta blockers and pseudo low tension glaucoma, timolol and albino rabbits, laboratory glaucoma models; statistical and clinical significance, epincphrine CME, apraclonidine and laser induce IOP elevation; medications used in chronic glaucoma therapy: the mitics (cholinergic agonists), miotic-induced angle closure, acetylcholinesterase, drug therapy compliance, limited duration of activity of phospholine iodide; carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIS)-systemic use; topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitors; medications used in chronic glaucoma therapy: potential new drugs; management of highly elevated IOP. Part 3 Common angle glaucomas: primary open angle glaucoma, primary open angle glaucoma and myopia, common mistakes in glaucoma management, "trabecular glaucoma" versus "optic nerve glaucoma" tonography; low tension glaucoma, LTG and the general ophthalmologist. Part 4 Angle closure glaucoma: exfoliation and open angle glaucoma, tonography in exfoliation; pigment dispersion and pigmentary glaucoma, tonography; principles of primary angle closure glaucoma, iris retraction syndrome, unilateral angle closure; acute angle closure glaucoma: diagnosis and treatment anterior chamber deepening with mechanical breaking of peripheral anterior synechiae with an iris spatula; subacute (and chronic) angle closure glaucoma: diagnosis and treatment; angle closure glaucoma: evaluation and treatment after iridectomy; Plateau iris; the use of special tests in narrow angled eyes, goniolens characteristics.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780683028089
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
  • Publisher Imprint: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Width: 216 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0683028081
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 1996
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 279 mm
  • Returnable: N


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