The Columbia Guide to Basic Elements of Eye Care: A Manual for Healthcare Professionals

 

Description:

This unique resource is a practical, easy-to-use guide for the non-ophthalmologist healthcare provider as they encounter patients with eye complaints and other concerning ophthalmic conditions. The Columbia Guide to Basic Elements of Eye Care is specifically designed with the non-ophthalmologist in mind, and provides a foundation of basic eye anatomy and physiology, functional analysis, pathology, and concepts in eye care. Each chapter delivers an accessible summary of various ophthalmic diseases and conditions, all of which are frequently encountered in everyday practice. These chapters provide in-depth discussions on a wide range of topics, from testing and examination procedures to management protocols, referral guidelines and expected frequency of follow-up for each disorder. Complete with hundreds of high-quality, descriptive illustrations and clinical photographs, The Columbia Guide to Basic Elements of Eye Care presents clear, understandable explanations of basic eye anatomy, physiology, disease and treatment for non-ophthalmic practitioners and students. In doing so, this guide provides a framework for determining the normal versus the abnormal, helping the reader recognize which patients require referral, and identify which conditions are developing, require urgent treatment, or can be routinely followed. Non-ophthalmologist healthcare providers and students alike will find this book, written by leaders in the field, a practical resource to consult as they encounter patients with treatable but potentially sight-threatening conditions.

 

 

Table of Contents:

 

Part I. Introduction

1.  Orbital and Ocular Anatomy

2.  Adult Eye Examination Techniques

3.  The Pediatric Eye Examination

4.  Sudden Vision Loss

5.  Floaters and Flashes

6.  Ocular Emergencies

7.  The Refractive State of the Human Eye

Part II. Anterior Segment

8.  The Red Eye

9.  Blepharitis and Conjunctivitis

10.  Dry Eye Syndrome

11.  Cataract

12.  Corneal Trauma, Infection, and Opacities

13.  Corneal Dystrophies

14.  Cornea Transplantation

Part III. Glaucoma

15.  Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy

16.  Classification of the Glaucomas

17.  Pediatric Glaucoma

18.  Visual Fields and Imaging in Glaucoma

19.  Medical Treatment of Glaucoma

20.  Surgical Therapy for Glaucoma

Part IV. Posterior Segment and Retina

21.  Age-Related Macular Degeneration

22.  Diabetic Eye Disease

23.  Other Retinal Vascular Diseases

24.  Retinal Detachment

25.  Posterior Segment Trauma

26.  Inherited Retinal Dystrophies

Part V. Uveitis

27.  Diagnosis and Management of Ocular Inflammatory Disease

28.  Infectious and Inflammatory Chorioretinopathies

Part VI. Oculoplastics and Orbit

29.  Thyroid Eye Disease

30.  Eyelid Lesions

31.  Eyelid and Eyelash Malpositions

32.  Orbital Infections and Inflammations

33.  Orbital Tumors

34.  Orbital Trauma

Part VII. Neuro-Ophthalmology

35.  Headache

36.  Optic Neuropathy

37.  Diplopia

38.  The Neurology of Vision

Part VIII. Pediatrics and Strabismus

39.  Amblyopia

40.  Strabismus

Part IX. Ocular Tumors

41.  Intraocular Tumors

42.  Retinoblastoma

Back Matter