Common Eye Diseases and their Management

✍ Scribed by Nicholas R. Galloway, Winfried M. K. Amoaku, Peter H. Galloway, Andrew C Browning (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 269
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since the last edition of this book, there have been a number of advances in the fields of glaucoma, corneal disease, medical retina and genetics. This new edition discusses these developments while also providing an introduction to the specialty of clinical ophthalmology for medical students, trainee ophthalmologists, optometrists, general practitioners, and anyone with a special interest in the subject.

Each chapter contains a brief introduction and an outline of the anatomy of the eye and orbit, and utilises an “answering problems” format. Emphasis is placed on the efficacy of modern treatments in ophthalmology and brief historical information is provided where needed. Most chapters remain in the original format of keeping a dialogue to maintain interest rather than a purely didactic approach with bullet points. References are deliberately kept to a minimum and the chapters end with a concise summary to assist the reader with remembering the key points for each topic.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Scope of Ophthalmology....Pages 3-6
Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye....Pages 7-16
Examination of the Eye....Pages 17-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Long Sight, Short Sight....Pages 29-31
Common Diseases of the Eyelids....Pages 33-45
Common Diseases of the Conjunctiva and Cornea....Pages 47-63
The Red Eye....Pages 65-69
Failing Vision....Pages 71-75
Headache....Pages 77-81
Contact Lenses....Pages 83-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Cataract....Pages 89-99
Glaucoma....Pages 101-114
Retinal Detachment....Pages 115-122
Squint....Pages 123-131
Tumours of the Eye and Adnexae....Pages 133-141
Ocular Trauma....Pages 143-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Testing Visual Acuity....Pages 153-158
The Inflamed Eye....Pages 159-169
The Ageing Eye....Pages 171-184
The Child’s Eye....Pages 185-192
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Systemic Disease and the Eye....Pages 193-219
Neuro-ophthalmology....Pages 221-235
Genetics and the Eye....Pages 237-243
Drugs and the Eye....Pages 245-251
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Blindness....Pages 255-258
Back Matter....Pages 259-270

✦ Subjects

Ophthalmology; General Practice / Family Medicine; Pathology