Shared care glaucoma
Subtitle: a clinical text for ophthalmic allied professionals
By: Amar Alwitry.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781405168007
Subjects: Glaucoma; Ophthalmic assistants; Health care teams; Glaucoma; Ophthalmology; Optometry; Orthoptics; Patient Care Team; Specialties, Nursing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Epidemiology and risk factors for glaucoma; title: Genetics; title: The pathophysiology of glaucoma; title: Anterior segment examination; title: Assessing the angle; title: Evaluation of the optic nerve head; title: Imaging technology in the assessment of the optic disc and retinal nerve fibre layer; title: The intraocular pressure; title: Central corneal thickness and the IOP; title: Evaluating the visual field; title: Other perimetry devices; title: Identifying progressive visual field loss; title: Identifying progressive morphological change; title: Target IOP; title: Glaucoma medications; title: Management protocols; title: Surgery and laser treatment for glaucoma; title: Compliance; title: Normal tension glaucoma; title: Secondary open angle glaucoma; title: Primary angle closure; title: Secondary angle closure; title: Steroid induced glaucoma; title: Landmark studies.