Glaucoma v. 1 Medical diagnosis and therapy

Expert consult - online and print. Recent dramatic advances in diagnosis, as well as medical treatment, mean that you can offer your glaucoma patients moretimely and effective interventions. Volume One in this brand-new clinical reference focuses on the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of glaucoma treatment, and the latest imaging techniques such as ultrasound biomicroscopy and optical coherence tomography as well as new compounds, combinations, and classes ofdrugs. You'll get the comprehensive, expert guidance you need to make optimaluse of these new approaches.online and in print! INDICE: Vol. 1: Medical Diagnosis and TherapySection 1 Glaucoma in the World1 Prevalence and Geographic VariationsWinnie Nolan & Jennifer Yip2 Screeningfor GlaucomaPaul Healey3 Economics of Glaucoma CarePaul Lee4 Practical Application of Glaucoma Care in Different SocietiesAlan Robin, Donald Budenz, NathanCongdon & Ravilla Thulasiraj Section 2 Pathogenesis5 Pathogenesis of Glaucomatous Optic NeuropathyJames Morgan6 Aqueous Humor Dynamics and Intraocular Pressure ElevationCarol Toris7 Mechanical Stress and Restructuring of the Optic Nerve HeadCrawford Downs, Michael Roberts & Claude Burgoyne8 Role of Vascular Blood Flow in PathogenesisMark Lesk & Ali Hafez Section 3 Diagnosis of Glaucoma9Tonometry and IOP fluctuationTed Garway-Heath, Aachal Kotecha & Sheng Lim10 Visual Fields (Goldman, Humphrey, Other)David Crabb11 Function Specific PerimetryFelipe Medeiros & Luciana M. Alenca12 Electrophysiological testingStuart Graham & Brad Fortune13 GonioscopyJohn Salmon14 UBMGiorgio Marchini, Roberto Tosi& Piero Ceruti15 Anterior Segment ImagingWinnie Nolan & Gus Gazzard16 Impact of Central Corneal Thickness and Corneal Biomechanics on TonometryJames Brandt, Cynthia Roberts, Mark Sherwood & Clinton Sheets17 Disc Stereo PhotographyJost Jonas18 Optic Disc ImagingLinda Zangwill, Christopher Bowd & Felipe Medeiros19 RNFL Photography and Computer AnalysisNeil Choplin20 Structure and FunctionRelationships in GlaucomaMarcelo Nicolela, Lesya Shuba & Bettina Windisch21 Blood Flow Measurement TechniquesMark Lesk & Ali Hafez22 GeneticsRand Allingham& Mohammed elMallah23 Genetic EpidemiologyAnanth Viswanathan, Leonieke van Koolwijk, Catey Bunce Section 4 Types of Glaucoma24 Definitions - What is Glaucoma Worldwide?George Spaeth25 Ocular HypertensionMichael Kass & Thad Labbe26 Primary Open Angle GlaucomaRobert Fechtner & Albert Khouri27 Primary Angle Closure GlaucomaPaul Foster & Sancy Low28 Exfoliation Syndrome and Exfoliative GlaucomaRobert Ritch, Tasos Konstas & Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt29 Pigmentary GlaucomaStefano Gandolfi, Nicola Ungaro, Paolo Mora & Chiara Sangermani30 Normal Tension GlaucomaTed Krupin & Angelo Tanna31 Congenital Glaucoma and other Childhood GlaucomasAllen Beck & Camille Hylton32 Secondary Angle Closure GlaucomasJeff Liebermann, Syril Dorairaj & Robert Ritch33 Uveitic GlaucomaKeith Barton & Avinash Kulkarni34 Neovascular GlaucomaAnnapurna Singh, Danny Kim & Arun Singh35 Other Secondary GlaucomasJody Piltz-Seymour & Tara Uhler36 Post-traumaticGlaucomasJay Katz, Sheila Bazzaz & Jonathan Myers37 Glaucoma Related to TumorsArun Singh, Annapurna Singh & Kathryn Bollinger Section 5 Principles of Management 38 Principles of Management of Open Angle GlaucomaRoger A Hitchings39 Overview of Angle Closure ManagementChaiwat Teekhasaenee40 Target IOPNitin Anand41 Quality of LifeAlexander Spratt, Ananth Viswanathan & Aachal Kotecha42 Optimizing Quality of Life - Low-vision Rehabilitation in GlaucomaJill Keeffe43 Adherence and PersistenceGail Schwartz44 OutcomesIvan Goldberg & Ridia Lim45 Risk Versus BenefitRavi Thomas & Rajul Parikh Section 6 Medical Therapy 46 ParasympathomimeticsLineu Shiroma & Vital Costa47 Beta-blockersAnn Hoste48 Carbonic anhydrase inhibitorsGábor Holló49 Alpha AgonistsAdam Reynolds50 Prostagladin AnalogsNorbert Pfeiffer & Hagen Thieme51 Fixed Combination Therapy in GlaucomaTasos Konstas, Dimitrios Mikropoulos & William C Stewart Section 7 New Horizons52 Neuroprotection / NeurogenerationLen Levin53 Interpreting Clinical Studies on NeuroprotectionRobert Weinreb & Anne L Coleman54 Stem CellsThomas V Johnson, Natalie D Bull & Keith Martin55 Gene TherapyStuart McKinnon56 Ultrastructural ImagingAachal Kotecha & Fred Fitzke Section 8 Emergency Care Management57 Acute Intraocular Pressure RisePrin RojanaPongpun58 Trauma / HyphemaBahaa Nouredine & Karim Tomey

• ISBN: 978-0-7020-2977-6
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 912
• Fecha Publicación: 17/04/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés