Jane Olver, Laura Crawley, Gurjeet Jutley, Lorraine Cassidy

Ophthalmology at a Glance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fully updated new edition teaches you exactly what they need to know, starting with taking a history and examination, before moving through specific conditions and their treatment. It includes new chapters on tropical ophthalmology, ocular oncology and giant cell arteritis, extra chapters on red eye and painful loss of vision and discussion of new scientific findings surrounding the cornea. Fully supported by a brand new companion website at ataglanceseries.com/ophthal featuring 20 clinical cases, images from the book as PowerPoint slides, and digital flashcards.

---

Ophthalmology at a Glance provides a concise overview of the specialty, with clear and simple diagrams illustrating the essential information required for students, trainee optometrists, opticians and specialty nurses.

It includes details on history and examination, before moving through specific conditions and their treatment. Closely tracking the undergraduate ophthalmology curriculum, this new edition is fully updated to reflect new developments in the field.

Ophthalmology at a Glance:

Features tip boxes to give further insight into topics, warning boxes to indicate cautionary advice, help with exam technique, further reading, and key point boxes which summarize each chapter

Includes new chapters on tropical ophthalmology, ocular oncology and giant cell arteritis

Features expanded material on red eye and painful loss of vision, and discussion of new scientific evidence for the existence of a sixth layer of the cornea (Dua's layer)

Includes a companion website at www.ataglanceseries.com/ophthal featuring clinical case studies, all the clinical images from the book as PowerPoint slides, and interactive flashcards for self-test

Produktdetails

• At a Glance
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 213mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781405184731
• ISBN-10: 1405184736
• Artikelnr.: 40133754

Autorenporträt

Jane Olver is Consultant Ophthalmic, Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgeon at the Western Eye and Charing Cross Hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and Director Clinica London Lorraine Cassidy is Professor of Ophthalmology, Trinity College, Dublin; Consultant Ophthalmologist, Neuro-ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon, The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, and The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Childrens' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Gurjeet Jutley is Specialist Registrar, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London Laura Crawley is Glaucoma Fellow, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to second edition 7 Preface to first edition 7 Acknowledgements 7
Contributors 8 How to use your textbook 9 About the companion website 13
Part 1 Principles of ophthalmology 1 Introduction: what is ophthalmology?
14 2 Medical student aims 16 3 Social and occupational aspects of vision 18
Part 2 Ophthalmic history and examination 4 Taking the history and
recording the findings 20 5 Visual acuity in adults 22 6 Examination of
visual fields 24 7 Other visual functions 26 Part 3 Correction of
refractive errors 8 Basic optics and refraction 28 9 Glasses, contact
lenses and low-vision aids 30 Part 4 Basic eye examination 10 External eye
and anterior segment 32 11 Posterior segment and retina 34 12 Use of eye
drops 36 Part 5 Acute ophthalmology 13 Red eye: the conjunctiva 38 14 Red
eye: the cornea 40 15 Red eye: the sclera and episclera 42 16 Ophthalmic
trauma principles and management of chemical injuries 44 17 Specific
features of blunt and sharp injuries 46 18 Loss of vision in the inflamed
eye 48 19 Sudden painful loss of vision in a non-inflamed eye 50 20 Sudden
painless loss of vision 52 Part 6 Gradual loss of vision 21 Gradual loss of
vision 55 Part 7 Sub-specialty--Paediatric ophthalmology 22 Visual acuity
in children 58 23 Strabismus (squints) 60 24 Neonates 62 25 Infants and
older children 64 Part 8 Sub-specialty--Eyelid, lacrimation and orbit 26
Common eyelid lumps 66 27 Common eyelid malpositions 68 28 Lacrimation
(tearing) 70 29 Basic orbital assessment 72 30 Orbit disease, thyroid eye
disease and facial palsy 74 31 Ocular oncology 76 Part 9
Sub-specialty--External eye disease 32 Common conditions affecting the
external eye 78 33 Common conditions affecting the cornea 81 34 Medical
uses of contact lenses 84 Part 10 Sub-specialty--Corneal, refractive and
cataract surgery 35 Corneal and laser refractive surgery 86 36 Cataract
assessment 89 37 Cataract surgery 92 38 Cataract surgery postoperative care
94 Part 11 Sub-specialty--Glaucoma 39 Glaucoma: the basics 96 40 Detecting
glaucoma 98 41 Medical and surgical treatment of glaucoma 100 Part 12
Sub-specialty--Vitreo-retinal 42 Retinal detachment 102 43 Retinal and
choroidal anatomy and imaging 104 44 Inherited retinal disorders and
age-related macular degeneration 106 45 Diabetic retinopathy classifi
cation and typical lesions 108 46 Diabetic retinopathy treatment 110 47
Retinal artery obstruction 112 48 Retinal vein occlusion 114 49 HIV
infection and AIDS 117 50 Tropical ophthalmology: tropical eye disease 120
51 Tropical ophthalmology: global eye health 122 Part 13
Sub-specialty--Neuro-ophthalmology 52 Pupil abnormalities 124 53 Optic
nerve disease 126 54 Cranial nerve palsies and eye movement disorders 128
55 Visual fi eld defects 130 56 Giant cell arteritis 132 Appendix 1: Red
eye--signs and symptoms of different causes 134 Appendix 2: The layers of
the retina 135 Appendix 3: Pharmacological intraocular pressure (IOP)-
lowering agents--mechanism of action and side effects 136 Appendix 4:
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) reports 137 Appendix 5: Important
clinical trials in AMD 138 Index 139

Rezensionen

"Ophthalmology at a Glance provides a concise overview of the specialty, with clear and simple diagrams illustrating the essential information required for students, trainee optometrists, opticians and specialty nurses." (Kingbook73's Medical Ebook and Video Collection, 7 October 2014)