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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778061003321

Titolo

Glaucoma screening : screening for open angle glaucoma, primary angle-closure and primary angle-closure glaucoma : the 5th consensus report of the World Glaucoma Association / / edited by Robert N. Weinreb, Paul R. Healey and Fotis Topouzis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Kugler Publications, [2008]

ISBN

90-6299-849-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 pages)

Collana

Consensus series

Altri autori (Persone)

WeinrebRobert N. <1949->

HealeyPaul R

TopouzisFotis

Disciplina

617.7/41

617.741

Soggetti

Glaucoma - Diagnosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FACULTY; CONTENTS; PREFACE; WELCOME; SCREENING FOR OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA (OAG); IS OAG AN IMPORTANT HEALTH; IS THERE AN ACCEPTED AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH THE DISEASE THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING MORBIDITY WHEN INITIATED IN THE EARLY, ASYMPTOMATIC STAGE THAN WHEN BEGUN IN THE LATER,; ARE FACILITIES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AVAILABLE?; IS THERE AN APPROPRIATE, ACCEPTABLE, AND REASONABLY ACCURATE SCREENING TEST?; IS THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CONDITION, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT FROM LATENT TO MANIFEST DISEASE, ADEQUATELY UNDERSTOOD?

IS THE COST OF CASE FINDING (INCLUDING DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED) ECONOMICALLY BALANCED IN RELATION TO POSSIBLE EXPENDITURE ON MEDICAL CARE AS A WHOLE?SCREENING FOR PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE AND PRIMARY ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA; ARE ANGLE CLOSURE (AC) AND ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA (ACG) IMPORTANT HEALTH PROBLEMS?; IS THERE AN ACCEPTED AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA (ACG) THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING MORBIDITY WHEN INITIATED IN THE EARLY, ASYMPTOMATIC STAGE



THAN WHEN BEG; ARE FACILITIES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AVAILABLE?

IS THERE AN APPROPRIATE, ACCEPTABLE, AND REASONABLY ACCURATE SCREENING TEST?; IS THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CONDITION, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT FROM LATENT TO MANIFEST DISEASE, ADEQUATELY UNDERSTOOD?; IS THE COST OF CASE FINDING (INCLUDING DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED) ECONOMICALLY BALANCED IN RELATION TO POSSIBLE EXPENDITURE ON MEDICAL CARE AS A WHOLE?; INDEX OF AUTHORS; SUMMARY CONSENSUS POINTS

Sommario/riassunto

This is the fifth glaucoma World Glaucoma Association Consensus. As with other consensus topics, the discussion and conclusions of Glaucoma Screening, the subject for the 2008 consensus, will have broad impact. The global faculty, consisting of leading authorities on various aspects of glaucoma screening, met in Fort Lauderdale on April 26, 2008 to discuss the reports and refine the consensus statements. The Consensus Panel also met at that time, as well as electronically during the subsequent four weeks.