W.B. Saunders Company Concise handbook of common ophthalmic problems, especially geared to practitioners in training, written by recent resident graduates affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Includes definition, etiology, symptoms, signs, differential diagnosis, evaluation, management and prognosis. Organized by anatomic region and symptom. Index and appendices, no references. For each condition, the book presents a high quality clinical photograph accompanied by a concise review of symptoms, associated findings, differential diagnosis, work-up, and treatment.
Additional sections deal with clinical pharmacology and poisoning.
Detailed subject index. Revised about every five years. No references to the literature. A good source for a quick overview on an unfamiliar topic, prior to other more detailed research efforts. Optometric clinical practice guidelines .