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100 1 _aSamples, John R.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aClinical Glaucoma Care
_h[electronic resource] :
_bThe Essentials /
_cedited by John R. Samples, Paul N. Schacknow.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2014.
300 _aXX, 667 p. 359 illus., 281 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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505 0 _a1. Glaucoma Risk Factors: Intraocular Pressure -- 2. Glaucoma Risk Factors: Fluctuations in Intraocular Pressure -- 3. Glaucoma Risk Factors: The Cornea -- 4. Glaucoma Risk Factors: Family History – The Genetics of Glaucoma -- 5. Indications for Therapy -- 6. Clinical Examination of the Optic Nerve -- 7. Some Lessons from the Disc Appearance in the Open Angle Glaucomas -- 8. Digital Imaging of the Optic Nerve -- 9. Detecting Functional Changes in the Patient's Vision - Visual Field Analysis -- 10. Gonioscopy -- 11. Office Examination of the Glaucoma Patient -- 12. Primary Open Angle Glaucoma -- 13. Normal-Tension Glaucoma -- 14. Primary and Secondary Angle-Closure Glaucomas -- 15. Malignant Glaucoma (Posterior Aqueous Diversion Syndrome) -- 16. Pigment Dispersion Syndrome and Pigmentary Glaucoma -- 17. Exfoliation Syndrome and Glaucoma -- 18. Neovascular Glaucoma -- 19. Inflammatory disease and Glaucoma -- 20. Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome and Glaucoma -- 21. Traumatic Glaucomas -- 22. Congenital and Juvenile Glaucomas -- 23. Medications Used to Treat Glaucoma -- 24. Systemic Diseases and Glaucoma -- 25. Laser Therapies: Iridotomy, Iridoplasty, and Trabeculoplasty -- 26. Incisional Therapies: Trabeculectomy Surgery -- 27. Incisional Therapies: Canaloplasty and New Implant Devices -- 28. Newer FDA Approved Incisional Therapies -- 29. Complications of Glaucoma Surgery -- 30. Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery -- 31. Glaucoma after Retinal Surgery.
520 _aGlaucoma Clinical Care: The Essentials is a pragmatic, slimmer companion volume to the more academically focused text “The Glaucoma Book” by the same editors.  This new book is a thoroughly updated manual for the day-to-day diagnosis and management of glaucoma patients by comprehensive ophthalmologists and optometric physicians.  Its 33 chapters are authored by world renowned experts in clinical care and basic research, providing evidenced-based research, office examination skills, clinical pearls, and up-to-date reviews of the scientific literature on glaucoma, as wel l as extensive graphics and tables to accompany the text.   Glaucoma Clinical Care: The Essentials is the one book to have and consult when confronted with a problematic glaucoma patient sitting in your exam chair as it is a thorough presentation of glaucoma medications, laser, and incisional glaucoma surgeries, complete with commentaries on advantages and disadvantages of the different therapies.
650 0 _aMedicine.
650 0 _aOphthalmology.
650 1 4 _aMedicine & Public Health.
650 2 4 _aOphthalmology.
700 1 _aSchacknow, Paul N.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4172-4
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