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Main description:
Glaucoma Identification and Co-management aims to provide the background knowledge needed by optometrists embarking on co-management/shared-care of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG) and to reinforce the knowledge of those already involved in co-management/shared-care practice. While the majority of readers will be registered optometrists, the book will also serve as a valuable reference work for students of optometry. Co-management/shared care schemes require a combination of skills from several disciplines - notably ophthalmology and optometry, and both professions are represented among the contributors. We have contributions from pharmacists too, who also have a key role to play in the management of patients suffering from glaucoma. Epidemiology, gonioscopy, co-management schemes and a pharmacological as well as clinical approach to the medical treatment of glaucoma are covered.
Contents:
Epidemiology of primary open angle glaucoma
The production and drainage of aqueous humour
Histopathology and pathogenesis of glaucomatous optic neuropathy
Evaluation of the anterior chamber angle
Interpretation of visual field measures from automated and semi-automated perimeters
Visual function in glaucoma
Diagnosis of the glaucomas 1: visual field changes
Diagnosis of the glaucomas 2: intraocular pressure
Diagnosis of glaucoma through examination of the optic nerve head
Medical management of the glaucomas 1: pharmacological principles
Medical management of the glaucomas 2:
Laser and surgical treatment of glaucoma
Glaucoma shared care schemes
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Elsevier (Butterworth-Heinemann)
Publication date: February, 2007
Pages: 208
Weight: 652g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Medical Diagnosis, Ophthalmology and Optometry