Description |
112 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. |
Series |
At a glance series |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Introduction: what is ophthalmology? -- Medical student aims -- Social and occupational aspects of vision -- Taking the history and recording the findings -- Visual acuity in adults -- Examination of visual fields -- Other visual functions -- Basic optics and refraction -- Glasses, contact lenses, and low vision aids -- External eye and anterior segment -- Posterior segment and retina -- Use of eye drops -- The red eye -- More on the red eye -- Ophthalmic trauma principles and management of chemical injuries -- Specific features of blunt and sharp injuries -- Sudden painful loss of vision in a non-inflammed eye -- Sudden painless loss of vision -- Gradual loss of vision -- Visual acuity in children -- Strabismus (squints) -- Neonates -- Infants and older children -- Common eyelid lumps -- Common eyelid malpositions -- Lacrimal (tearing) -- Orbits and thyriod eye disease -- Common conditions affecting the external eye -- Common conditions affecting the cornea -- Therapeutic contact lenses -- Corneal and laser photorefractive surgery -- Cataract assessment -- Cataract surgery -- Cataract surgery post-operative care -- Glaucoma -- Detecting glaucoma -- Medical and surgical treatment of glaucoma -- Retinal detachment -- Retinal and choroidial anatomy and imaging -- Inherited retinal dystrophies and age related macular degeneration -- Diabetic retionopathy I -- Diabetic retionopathy II -- Retinal vein occlusion -- Retinal artery obstruction -- HIV infection and aids -- Pupil abnormalities -- Optic nerve disease -- Cranial nerve palsies & eye - -movement disorders -- Visual fields defects. |
Subject |
Ophthalmology -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
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Ophthalmology -- Examinations, questions, etc
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Added Author |
Cassidy, Lorraine
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ISBN |
0632064730 |
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