Main description:

Here's an appropriate mixture of academic and scientific information presented in an outline-style review. Concise, easy to read chapters prevent duplication of material and allow quick mastery of the subject. Tables and mnemonics help readers learn and retain critical information. A separate section details findings of many important research projects and a wide selection of references directs users to additional material on a range of topics.

Contents:

1. Optics

· Properties of Light
· Refraction
· Prisms
· Vergence
· Magnification
· Mirrors
· Eye as Optical System
· Prescribing Glasses
· Contact Lenses
· Low Vision Aids
· Intraocular Lenses
· Ophthalmic Instruments
· Equations

2. Pharmacology

· Pharmacodynamics/Pharmacokinetics
· Routes of Administration
· Anesthetics
· Autonomic System Drugs
· Glaucoma Medications
· Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
· Anti-Infective Drugs
· Miscellaneous
· Ocular toxicology

3. Pathology/Embryology

· Pathology
· Embryology

4. Neuro-Ophthalmology

· Anatomy of the Visual Pathway
· Physiology
· Diplopia
· Central Eye Movement Disorders
· Cranial Nerve Palsies
· Pupils
· Ocular Muscle Disorders
· Eye Movements in Coma
· Optic Nerve
· Optic Atrophy
· Chiasm Compression
· Retrochiasmal Disorders
· Cortical Lesions
· Disorders During Pregnancy
· Brain Tumors
· Headaches
· Functional Visual Loss
· Transient Visual Loss
· Other Visual Phenomena
· Vascular Disorders
· Intracranial Arachnoid Cyst
· Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of AIDS

5. Pediatrics/Strabismus

· Anatomy/Physiology
· Disorders
· Orbit
· Craniofacial disorders
· Lids
· Lacrimal
· Conjuctiva
· Cornea
· Iris
· Lens
· Glaucoma
· Uveitis
· Metabolic
· Retina
· Phakomatoses
· Optic Nerve
· Strabismus

6. Orbit/Lids/Adnexa

· Anatomy
· Radiographic Imaging
· Orbital Disorders
· Vascular Abnormalities
· Tumors
· Eyelid Disorders
· Nasolacrimal System Disorders
· Orbital Surgery
· Table of Differential Diagnoses

7. Cornea/External Disease

· Anatomy/Physiology
· Conjunctival Disorders
· Corneal Disorders
· Scleral Disorders
· Surgery

8. Uveitis

· Pathophysiology
· Classification
· Disorders
· Anterior Uveitis
· Intermediate Uveitis
· Posterior Uveitis
· Endophthalmitis
· Panuveitis
· Masquerade Syndromes
· Differential Diagnosis of Uveitis with Associated Signs
· Surgery and Uveitis

9. Glaucoma

· Anatomy/Physiology
· Testing
· Pathology
· Disorders
· Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG)
· Secondary Open-Angle Glaucoma
· Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma
· Secondary Angle-Closure Glaucoma
· Normal Tension Glaucoma (NTG)
· Treatment

10. Anterior Segment

· Anatomy of the Limbus
· Trauma
· Corectopia
· Iris Heterochromia
· Rubeosis Iridis
· Pigment Dispersion Syndrome
· Iridocorneal Endothelial (ICE) Syndrome
· Iridoschisis
· Iris Nodules
· Iris Tumors
· Ciliary Body Tumors
· Anatomy & Physiology of the Lens
· Acquired Cataracts
· Lens Capsule Abnormalities
· Ectopia Lentis
· Surgery


11. Posterior Segment

· Anatomy of the Vitreous, Retina, and Choroid
· Physiology
· Electrophysiology
· Retinal Imaging
· Disorders
· Vitreous Abnormalities
· Trauma
· Macular Diseases
· Retinal Vascular Diseases
· Neuroretinitis
· HIV Retinopathy
· Toxic Retinopathies
· Vitreoretinal Disorders
· Retinal Degenerations
· Retinal Detachments
· Choroidal Disease
· Benign Tumors
· Malignant Tumors
· Laser Treatment

12. Questions & Answers

Appendices

· Gene Mapping

· Major Studies