Clinical glaucoma care [[electronic resource] ] : the essentials / / edited by John R. Samples, Paul N. Schacknow

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2014.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (672 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.741
• Soggetto topico: Ophthalmology
• Persona (resp. second.): SamplesJohn R; SchacknowPaul N
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Glaucoma Risk Factors: Intraocular Pressure -- 2. Glaucoma Risk Factors: Fluctuations in Intraocular Pressure -- 3. Glaucoma Risk Factors: The Cornea -- 4. Glaucoma Risk Factors: Family History – The Genetics of Glaucoma -- 5. Indications for Therapy -- 6. Clinical Examination of the Optic Nerve -- 7. Some Lessons from the Disc Appearance in the Open Angle Glaucomas -- 8. Digital Imaging of the Optic Nerve -- 9. Detecting Functional Changes in the Patient's Vision - Visual Field Analysis -- 10. Gonioscopy -- 11. Office Examination of the Glaucoma Patient -- 12. Primary Open Angle Glaucoma -- 13. Normal-Tension Glaucoma -- 14. Primary and Secondary Angle-Closure Glaucomas -- 15. Malignant Glaucoma (Posterior Aqueous Diversion Syndrome) -- 16. Pigment Dispersion Syndrome and Pigmentary Glaucoma -- 17. Exfoliation Syndrome and Glaucoma -- 18. Neovascular Glaucoma -- 19. Inflammatory disease and Glaucoma -- 20. Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome and Glaucoma -- 21. Traumatic Glaucomas -- 22. Congenital and Juvenile Glaucomas -- 23. Medications Used to Treat Glaucoma -- 24. Systemic Diseases and Glaucoma -- 25. Laser Therapies: Iridotomy, Iridoplasty, and Trabeculoplasty -- 26. Incisional Therapies: Trabeculectomy Surgery -- 27. Incisional Therapies: Canaloplasty and New Implant Devices -- 28. Newer FDA Approved Incisional Therapies -- 29. Complications of Glaucoma Surgery -- 30. Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery -- 31. Glaucoma after Retinal Surgery.
• Sommario/riassunto: Glaucoma Clinical Care: The Essentials is a pragmatic, slimmer companion volume to the more academically focused text “The Glaucoma Book” by the same editors. This new book is a thoroughly updated manual for the day-to-day diagnosis and management of glaucoma patients by comprehensive ophthalmologists and optometric physicians. Its 33 chapters are authored by world renowned experts in clinical care and basic research, providing evidenced-based research, office examination skills, clinical pearls, and up-to-date reviews of the scientific literature on glaucoma, as wel l as extensive graphics and tables to accompany the text. Glaucoma Clinical Care: The Essentials is the one book to have and consult when confronted with a problematic glaucoma patient sitting in your exam chair as it is a thorough presentation of glaucoma medications, laser, and incisional glaucoma surgeries, complete with commentaries on advantages and disadvantages of the different therapies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Clinical Glaucoma Care
• ISBN: 1-4614-4172-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910300084203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II