Ophtho Notes: The Essential GuidePractical and easy-to-read, this point-of-care reference provides a succinct, clinical overview of eye anatomy, disease, and treatment. Unlike many ophthalmic handbooks, OPHTHO NOTES classifies disease based upon etiology, rather than presenting signs and symptoms. This classification helps to compartmentalize diseases of the eye, and ensures quick and effortless reference. The book succinctly organizes the vast field of ophthalmology. Chapters are devoted to particular eye structures, and cover basic anatomy and physiology, metabolic and degenerative diseases, differential diagnoses, examination and testing methods, surgical techniques, complication management, and much more!Plus - unique in a book this concise - a "general" chapter covers essential ophthalmic information such as principles of ophthalmic pathology, state-of-the-art laser information, mechanism and use of MRI and CT imaging, eye embryology, immune system and inflammation principles, surgical preoperative evaluation, and optics formulas. Outstanding features:- Comprehensive -Thorough coverage of the entire field of ophthalmology- Practical - More than 1,000 mnemonics, anagrams, and other memory aids, particularly valuable to residents and fellows- State-of-the-art - Incorporates the latest genetic disease discoveries, refractive surgery techniques, summaries of recent major clinical trials, and more- Unique - Special chapter on medications, covering everything from antibacterials and corticosteroids, to miotics, mydriatics, neurologic medications, and immunosuppressivesConcise for quick, point-of-care use during rounds, yet in-depth enough to review the entire field, this book is an essential and reliable resource for residents in ophthalmology, the perfect refresher for practicing ophthalmologists and optometrists (Publisher's Description) |
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... intraocular foreign body ( IOFB ) , macula - on RD , acute glaucoma . Epidemiology / Statistics LEADING CAUSES OF BLINDNESS Cataract , glaucoma , and trachoma account for more than 70 % of cases of blindness throughout the world . The ...
... intraocular foreign body ( IOFB ) , macula - on RD , acute glaucoma . Epidemiology / Statistics LEADING CAUSES OF BLINDNESS Cataract , glaucoma , and trachoma account for more than 70 % of cases of blindness throughout the world . The ...
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Exam and Imaging | 104 |
Infectious Disease | 111 |
Neoplastic Disease | 117 |
Physical Disease | 126 |
GLAUCOMA | 143 |
UVEAL TRACT AND OCULAR | 172 |
RETINA AND VITREOUS | 219 |
NEUROLOGIC | 293 |
PEDIATRICS AND STRABISMUS | 338 |
MEDICATIONS | 373 |
INDEX | 394 |
INFLAMMATION | 405 |
Posterior Uveitis | 413 |
LENS | 201 |
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Page 324 - ... autoimmune disorders, particularly systemic lupus erythematosus, and by spread of inflammation from meninges, orbital tissues, or paranasal sinuses. Prednisolone alone has no beneficial effect on the visual outcome in acute demyelinative optic neuritis and may increase the risk of recurrent disease. Intravenous methylprednisolone (250 mg every 6 hours for 3 days) followed by oral prednisolone (1 mg/kg for 1 1 days, then tapered off over 4 days) accelerates visual recovery, but with a small risk...
Page 147 - Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the United States, representing 15 percent of all cases.
Page 137 - Modafinil causes less cardiovascular activation and is particularly helpful for residual fatigue, but it is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for...
Page 259 - I: Intraocular disease — a. Retinal tumor(s); b. Extension into choroid; c. Extension up to lamina cribrosa; d. Extension into sclera.
Page xvi - CME: cystoid macular edema CMV: cytomegalovirus CN: cranial nerve CNVM: choroidal neovascular membrane CPEO: chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia...
Page 259 - ON disease — a. Tumor beyond lamina but not up to cut section; b. Tumor at cut section of ON.
Page 31 - The first branch of the ophthalmic artery is the central retinal artery, which...
Page 39 - Acts to change the direction of pull of the levator muscle from horizontal to vertical and limits the extent of lid elevation.
Page 324 - Treatment with high-dose, intravenous corticosteroids followed by oral corticosteroids accelerated visual recovery but provided no long-term benefit to vision.