Main description:

Now in full color and completely updated, the Fifth Edition of this best-selling manual is a reliable quick-reference guide for all clinicians who treat eye disorders. Every disorder encountered in the office, emergency room, or hospital is covered in concise outline format: symptoms, signs, work-up, treatment, and follow-up. Also included are chapters on differential diagnosis of ocular symptoms and signs, a section on current imaging modalities in ophthalmology, and a Pharmacopoeia. This edition features over 200 full-color photographs and includes the newest drugs, procedures, and treatment protocols. New topics covered include iridodialysis/cyclodialysis, shaken baby syndrome, crystalline keratopathy, refractive surgery complications, aberrant regeneration of the third nerve, venous stasis retinopathy, choroidal effusion/detachment, and common laser procedures. New appendices cover intravitreal injections and antibiotics, anterior chamber paracentesis, laser peripheral iridotomy, and YAG capsulotomy.

Contents:

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF OCULAR SYMPTOMS DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF OCULAR SIGNS TRAUMA CORNEA CONJUNCTIVA/SCLERA/IRIS/ANTERIOR CHAMBER EYELID ORBIT PEDIATRICS GLAUCOMA NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY RETINA UVEITIS GENERAL OPHTHALMIC PROBLEMS IMAGING MODALITIES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY PHARMACOPOEIA APPENDICES OPHTHALMIC ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS