Steven Gedde

Curbside Consultation in Glaucoma

49 Clinical Questions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Contains new questions and brief, practical, evidence-based answers to the most frequently asked questions that are posed during a "curbside consultation” between surgical colleagues. Dr. Steven J. Gedde and associate editors Dr. Dale K. Heuer, Dr. Richard A. Lewis, and Dr. Joseph Panarelli have assembled the top international glaucoma consultants to offer expert advice, preferences, and opinions on tough clinical questions commonly associated with glaucoma.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 180mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781617116391
• ISBN-10: 1617116394
• Artikelnr.: 41455489

Autorenporträt

Steven J. Gedde, MD is Professor of Ophthalmology and Vice Chairman of Education at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. He received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr Gedde completed his residency training in ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital, where he also served as Chief Resident. His clinical glaucoma fellowship was done at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Gedde has lectured nationally and internationally. He has authored or coauthored more than 250 articles, book chapters, and abstracts. He serves on the Editorial Boards for Ophthalmology, Journal of Academic Ophthalmology, EyeNet, Ocular Surgery News, Ophthalmology Management, and EyeWorld. Dr. Gedde has been listed among Best Doctors in America since 2005, and he received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award in 2006 and Senior Achievement Award in 2012. He has served as the Residency Program Director at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute since 1999, and he was selected as the Excellence in Health Care Educator of the Year in 2009. Dr. Gedde is also a study chairman for the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study and Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (PTVT) Study, multicenter randomized clinical trials comparing tube shunt surgery with trabeculectomy.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Section I General Principles Question 1 How Frequently Does
Blindness Develop Among Patients With Primary Open- Angle Glaucoma? With
Ocular Hypertension? Question 2 Does Reducing Intraocular Pressure Really
Prevent the Development and Progression of Glaucoma? Question 3 Are
Vascular Factors Involved in the Pathogenesis of Glaucoma? Question 4 What
Are the Most Frequent Causes of Glaucoma- Related Medical Malpractice
Suits? What Can I Do to Minimize My Risk? Question 5 How Does Glaucoma Af
ect Quality of Life? Why Does It Matter? Section II Glaucoma Diagnosis
Question 6 How Should I Clinically Examine the Optic Nerve? Question 7 What
Imaging Technology Is Best for Diagnosing Glaucoma? For Detecting
Progression? Question 8 What Visual Field Tests Should I Use? How Should I
Judge Progression? Question 9 What Are the Implications of Disc Hemorrhages
in Glaucoma Patients or Suspects? Question 10 How Should I Follow Patients
With Anomalous Optic Discs, Such as Those With Optic Nerve Drusen, Tilted
Discs, Myopic Discs, and Discs With Pits? Question 11 How Frequently Should
I Perform Follow- up Examinations, Gonioscopy, Visual Field Testing, and
Optic Nerve Evaluation in Patients With Glaucoma? Question 12 Should I
Measure Central Corneal Thickness in All Patients With Glaucoma? All
Glaucoma Suspects? Question 13 What New Methods Are Available to Measure
Intraocular Pressure? Are Any Devices Available for Continuous Monitoring
of Intraocular Pressure? Question 14 When Is Imaging of the Anterior
Segment Useful? Question 15 In Which Patients With Glaucoma Should I
Perform Neuroimaging, Cardiovascular Evaluation, and/or Laboratory Testing?
Question 16 Is Ge ne tic Testing Useful in Screening in Glaucoma? Question
17 How Is Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure Related to Glaucoma? Question 18 Do
Anti- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Injections Cause Intraocular
Pressure Elevation? Question 19 What Is the Best Way to Classify Angle
Closure Glaucomas? Section III General Management Question 20 Which
Patients With Ocular Hypertension Should I Treat? Question 21 How Should I
Set a Target Intraocular Pressure? Question 22 How Should I Begin Treatment
for a Patient With Newly Diagnosed Primary Open- Angle Glaucoma? Question
23 How Should I Manage a Patient Who Is Progressing at Low Levels of
Intraocular Pressure? Question 24 Are T ere Special Issues of Which I
Should Be Aware Regarding Pigment Dispersion Syndrome or Pigmentary
Glaucoma? Question 25 Does Exfoliation Syndrome Increase the Risk of
Developing Glaucoma? Are Patients With Exfoliation Glaucoma More Likely to
Progress? What Other Issues Do These Patients Have? Question 26 How
Frequent Is Corticosteroid- Induced Glaucoma? How Should I Manage It?
Question 27 What Methods Are Available to Break an Acute Attack of Angle
Closure Glaucoma? Question 28 How Should I Manage Neovascular Glaucoma?
Question 29 How Should I Treat Elevated Intraocular Pressure (With or
Without Glaucoma Damage) Associated With Uveitis? Question 30 How Should
Children With Congenital Glaucoma Be Followed? Section IV Medical Therapy
Question 31 Are Any New Medications in Development? Are Any Neuroprotective
Agents Currently Available for Treating Glaucoma? Question 32 Which
Glaucoma Medications Can Be Safely Used During Pregnancy? In Childhood?
Question 33 Is T ere Still a Role for Miotics in Some Patients? Oral
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors? Question 34 How Can I Improve Patient
Adherence? Section V Laser and Incisional Glaucoma Surgery Question 35 Is
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty a Repeatable Procedure? When Should I Use
It? Question 36 When Should I Perform a Prophylactic Laser Iridotomy?
Question 37 When Is Laser Iridoplasty Used? Question 38 When Should I
Perform Incisional Glaucoma Surgery? Which Procedure Should I Choose?
Question 39 Are Anti- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Agents Useful
Adjuncts to Glaucoma Filtering Surgery? Question 40 What Are Surgical
Pearls for Performing Trabeculectomy? Question 41 What Are Pearls for the
Postoperative Management of Trabeculectomy and Its Associated
Complications? Question 42 What Are Surgical Pearls for Performing Aqueous
Shunt Implantation? Question 43 What Are Pearls for Postoperative
Management of Aqueous Shunt Implantation and Its Associated Complications?
Question 44 Which Aqueous Shunt Should I Use? Question 45 Does Cataract
Extraction Produce a Signif cant and Sustained Intraocular Pressure
Reduction? When Should I Perform a Combined Procedure vs Cataract
Extraction Alone? Question 46 Is Cataract Surgery a Useful Treatment for
Angle Closure Glaucoma? Question 47 Does the Presence of Glaucoma Influence
Your Choice of Intraocular Lens Implant? Question 48 In Which Glaucoma
Patients Should I Consider Cyclodestruction? Question 49 What Are MIGS?
When Should I Use Them? Financial Disclosures Index