LEADER 05842nam 2200565 450 001 996339098403316 005 20230721043730.0 010 $a1-61711-672-6 035 $a(CKB)3780000000079876 035 $a(EBL)3404688 035 $a(OCoLC)919499457 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001059559 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11558486 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001059559 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11081360 035 $a(PQKB)11713525 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3404688 035 $a(EXLCZ)993780000000079876 100 $a20080131h20082008 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCurbside consultation in glaucoma $e49 clinical questions /$feditor, Dale K. Heuer ; associate editors, Steven J. Gedde, Richard A. Lewis 210 1$aThorofare, New Jersey :$cSLACK,$d[2008] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 1 $aCurbside consultation in ophthalmology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55642-832-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aHow frequently does blindness develop among patients with primary open-angle glaucoma? With ocular hypertension -- Does reducing intraocular pressure really prevent development and progression of glaucoma -- What are the most frequent causes of glaucoma-related medical malpractice suits? What can I do to minimize my risk? -- How should I clinically examine the optic nerve -- What imaging device should I use in my practice -- Is there still a role for stereo disc photography in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma -- What visual field tests should I use in my glaucoma suspects? In my patients with manifest glaucoma? -- What is the best method for detecting glaucoma development? Glaucomatous progression? -- What are the implications of disc hemorrhages in glaucoma patients or suspects? How should I follow patients with anomalous optic discs, such as those with optic nerve drusen, tilted discs, myopic discs, and discs with pits? -- How is 24-hour intraocular pressure assessed? Is it important in glaucoma management or risk assessment? -- Should I measure central corneal thickness in all glaucoma patients? All glaucoma suspects? How frequently should I perform follow-up examinations, gonioscopy, visual field testing, and optic nerve evaluation in glaucoma patients? -- In which patients with glaucoma should I perform neuroimaging, cardiovascular evaluation, and/or laboratory testing? When should I suspect nonpupillary block secondary angle-closure? What are the causes? What systemic diseases can be associated with glaucoma? 327 $aWhich patients with ocular hypertension should I treat? -- How should I set a target intraocular pressure? -- How should I begin treatment for a newly diagnosed primary open-angle glaucoma patient? -- Are there special issues of which I should be aware regarding pigment dispersion syndrome or pigmentary glaucoma? -- 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? -- How frequent is corticosteroid-induced glaucoma? How should I manage it? -- What methods are available to break an acute attack of angle-closure glaucoma? -- How should I manage neovascular glaucoma? -- How should I treat elevated intraocular pressure (with or without glaucoma damage) associated with uveitis? -- What treatment options are available for a blind, painful eye? 327 $aIs a unilateral trial useful when starting treatment with a glaucoma medication? -- Which glaucoma medications should be used as initial therapy? -- What is a maximum medical therapy in glaucoma management? -- Which glaucoma medications can be safely used during pregnancy? In childhood? -- Is there still a role for miotics in some patients? Oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors? -- How should I treat the glaucoma patient with topical drug allergies? -- How can I improve patient adherence? 327 $aWhen should I perform laser trabeculoplasty in my patients with open-angle glaucoma? -- When should I perform a prophylactic laser iridotomy? -- When is laser iridotomy used? -- When is incisional glaucoma surgery indicated? -- What can I do to reduce the risks of complications and failure after trabeculectomy? -- What can I do after trabeculectomy to improve its success rate? -- How do I manage chronic hypotony maculopathy? How soon should I intervene? - What are causes of anterior chamber shallowing after trabeculectomy? -- How should I manage a late-onset bleb leak? -- What factors increase the risk of bleb-related infection? How should I treat blebitis and bleb-related endophthalmitis if it develops? -- In which patients with glaucoma and cataracts should I perform a combined procedure? Cataract surgery alone? Trabeculectomy first? -- What are the indications for placement of an aqueous shunt? -- What is the best surgical approach for managing uncontrolled glaucoma in a patient who had previous cataract extraction or failed filtering surgery? -- Is there a role for nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery? -- What other new surgical techniques are available for glaucoma? -- In which glaucoma patients should I consider cyclodestruction? 410 0$aCurbside consultation in ophthalmology series. 606 $aGlaucoma$vMiscellanea 615 0$aGlaucoma 676 $a617.7/41 701 $aHeuer$b Dale K$01019079 701 $aGedde$b Steven J$01019080 701 $aLewis$b Richard A.$f1951-$01019081 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996339098403316 996 $aCurbside consultation in glaucoma$92400572 997 $aUNISA