Shared Care Glaucoma

by Alwitry, Amar; Vernon, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781405168007
• ISBN10: 1405168005
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Shared Care Glaucoma provides concise, clear and user-friendly information for the non-ophthalmologist caring for glaucoma patients. It would also be an ideal text for ophthalmic trainees learning about glaucoma management and for generalist ophthalmologists who want to refresh their approach to their glaucoma care. The book covers the aetiology, classification, diagnosis and management of glaucoma under the four key sections: About Glaucoma, Detecting Progression, Treating Glaucoma and Specific Glaucoma Entities, enabling the reader to comfortably manage glaucoma patients and offering guidance on when they should refer, and to whom. Frequently asked questions are anticipated and logical responses given, supported by evidence from recent literature. That there are often no clear right and wrong decisions within many individual's glaucoma management plan is well recognised and conveyed.

Author Biography

Amar Alwitry is a Consultant Ophthalmologist with a special interest in Glaucoma care at the Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He was previously the Career Advisor for Ophthalmology to the British Medical Journal, is ex-Vice-Chairman of the Ophthalmic Trainees Group and had a seat on the Training Committee at The Royal College of Ophthalmologists

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vi
Acknowledgments	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
About Glaucoma	p. 5
Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Glaucoma	p. 7
Genetics	p. 17
The Pathophysiology of Glaucoma	p. 20
Anterior Segment Examination	p. 23
Assessing the Angle	p. 34
Evaluation of the Optic Nerve Head	p. 48
Imaging Technology in the Assessment of the Optic Disc and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer	p. 68
The Intraocular Pressure	p. 87
Central Corneal Thickness and the Intraocular Pressure	p. 97
Evaluating the Visual Field	p. 105
Other Perimetry Devices	p. 128
Detecting Progression	p. 133
Identifying progressive Visual-field Loss	p. 135
Identifying Progressive Morphological Change	p. 145
Management of Glaucoma	p. 155
Target IOP	p. 157
Glaucoma Medications	p. 163
Management Protocols	p. 175
Surgery and Laser Treatment for Glaucoma	p. 182
Compliance	p. 187
Specific Glaucoma Entities	p. 197
Normal-tension Glaucoma	p. 199
Secondary Open-angle Glaucoma	p. 209
Primary Angle Closure	p. 218
Secondary Angle Closure	p. 227
Steroid-induced Glaucoma	p. 233
Landmark Studies	p. 240
Ensuring Accurate Goldmann Tonometry	p. 245
Index	p. 248
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