Ophthalmology at a Glance
by ane Olver, Lorraine Cassidy, Gurjeet Jutley, Laura Crawley-
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Ophthalmology at a Glance provides a concise overview of the specialty, with clear and simple diagrams illustrating the essential information required for students, trainee optometrists, opticians and specialty nurses.
It includes details on history and examination, before moving through specific conditions and their treatment. Closely tracking the undergraduate ophthalmology curriculum, this new edition is fully updated to reflect new developments in the field.
Ophthalmology at a Glance:
• Features tip boxes to give further insight into topics, warning boxes to indicate cautionary advice, help with exam technique, further reading, and key point boxes which summarize each chapter
• Includes new chapters on tropical ophthalmology, ocular oncology and giant cell arteritis
• Features expanded material on red eye and painful loss of vision, and discussion of new scientific evidence for the existence of a sixth layer of the cornea (Dua’s layer)
• Includes a companion website at www.ataglanceseries.com/ophthal featuring clinical case studies, all the clinical images from the book as PowerPoint slides, and interactive flashcards for self-test
Table of Contents
Section 1 Principles of ophthalmology
1 Introduction: what is ophthalmology?
2 Medical student aims
3 Social and occupational aspects of vision
Section 2 Ophthalmic history and examination
4 Taking the history and recording the findings
5 Visual acuity in adults
6 Examination of visual fields
7 Other visual functions
Section 3 Correction of refractive errors
8 Basic optics and refraction
9 Glasses, contact lenses, and low-vision aids
Section 4 Basic eye examination
10 External eye and anterior segment
11 Posterior segment and retina
12 Use of eye drops
Section 5 Acute ophthalmology
13 Red eye: the conjunctiva
14 Red eye: the cornea
15 Red eye: the sclera and episclera
16 Ophthalmic trauma principles and management of chemical injuries
17 Specific features of blunt and sharp injuries
18 Sudden painful loss of vision in a non-inflamed eye
19 Loss of vision in the inflamed eye
20 Sudden painless loss of vision
Section 6 Gradual loss of vision
21 Gradual loss of vision
Section 7 Sub-specialty - Paediatric ophthalmology
22 Visual acuity in children
23 Strabismus (squints)
24 Neonates
25 Infants and older children
Section 8 Sub-specialty - Eyelid, lacrimal and orbit
26 Common eyelid lumps
27 Common eyelid malpositions
28 Lacrimal (tearing)
29 Basic orbital assessment
30 Orbit disease, thyroid disease and facial palsy
31 Ocular oncology
Section 9 Sub-specialty - External eye disease
32 Common conditions affecting the external eye
33 Common conditions affecting the cornea
34 Medical uses of contact lenses
35 Corneal and laser refractive surgery
Section 10 Sub-specialty - Corneal, refractive and cataract surgery
36 Cataract assessment
37 Cataract surgery
38 Cataract surgery postoperative care
Section 11 Sub-specialty - Glaucoma
39 Glaucoma: the basics
40 Detecting glaucoma
41 Medical and surgical treatment of glaucoma
Section 12 Sub-specialty - Vitreo-retinal
42 Retinal detachment
43 Retinal and choroidial anatomy and imaging
44 Inherited retinal dystrophies and age-related macular degeneration
45 Diabetic retinopathy classification and typical lesions
46 Diabetic retinopathy treatment
47 Retinal vein occlusion
48 Retinal artery obstruction
49 HIV infection and AIDS
50 Tropical ophthalmology: tropical eye disease
51 Tropical ophthalmology: global eye health
Section 13 Sub-specialty - Neuro-ophthalmology
52 Pupil abnormalities
53 Optic nerve disease
54 Cranial nerve palsies and eye movement disorders
55 Visual field defects
56 Giant cell arteritis
Appendix I: Red eye