Eye Examination and Refraction

by Fletcher, Robert; Still, D. C.

• ISBN13: 9780632051410
• ISBN10: 0632051418
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-15
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The routine examination is the central activity of an optometrist's work. From the exam can lead all manner of supplementary tests and decisions for patient management. Undergraduate students, students and pre-registration optometrists will find this textbook invaluable when preparing for the British College of Optometrists' professional qualifying examinations. Established and experienced optometrists will be able to use it to review their own routine and revise their approach to patient handling. The new edition has been updated and largely rewritten, particularly Part 1, and almost 40 new case histories, covering a wider range of conditions, have been added. New revision questions have been added, and there are two new appendices and many more references. A practical, clinical approach is maintained throughout.

Author Biography

Robert Fletcher and D. C. Still are the authors of Eye Examination and Refraction, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Part 1: Optometric Eye Examination
The Eye Examination	3	(6)
The Optometric Environment	9	(2)
Essential Preliminaries	11	(5)
Detailed Examination	16	(15)
Fundus Examination	31	(9)
Additional Procedures	40	(10)
Reports and Referrals	50	(4)
Preparation for Examinations	54	(11)
Part 2: Oculo-Refractive Techniques
Introduction	63	(2)
Trial Lenses and Other Matters	65	(5)
Objective Refraction	70	(10)
Subjective Refraction	80	(19)
The Near-Vision Prescription	99	(10)
Changes in Refractive Errors	109	(6)
Aspects of Prescribing	115	(10)
Some Special Patients	125	(5)
Accessories Used in Ocular Refraction	130	(11)
Part 3: Refraction and Subjective Examination: Cases
Advice to Younger Colleagues	141	(5)
First Steps Prior to Examination	146	(11)
Patients' Records	157	(25)
Prescribing for Reading	182	(10)
When Visual Acuity Does not Improve as Expected	192	(16)
Field Defects	208	(11)
Ocular Muscle Defects and Prism Prescribing Problems	219	(37)
Appendices
1 Revision Questions	232	(2)
2 Test Yourself on Test Chart Standards	234	(2)
3 Some Prescribing Problems for Readers	236	(6)
4 Guidelines Issued by the College of Optometrists, September 1997	242	(14)
References and Select Bibliography	256	(8)
Index	264