Manual of Eye Emergencies
Diagnosis and Management
- 2nd Edition - April 20, 2004
- Latest edition
- Author: Lennox A. Webb
- Language: English
This practical manual, with its clear clinical approach and numerous colour illustrations, gives a step-by-step guide to the diagnosis and management of commonly presenting eye… Read more
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Description
Description
This practical manual, with its clear clinical approach and numerous colour illustrations, gives a step-by-step guide to the diagnosis and management of commonly presenting eye problems in the primary care setting or emergency room. It's unique layout, decision-making pathways, concise text and down to earth advice will give instant help in the diagnosis and management of these conditions.
It is an essential purchase for all those involved in the rapid treatment of common ocular conditions in the primary care setting whether optometrists, primary care physicians, general practitioners, ophthalmologists, emergency staff or nurses.
It is an essential purchase for all those involved in the rapid treatment of common ocular conditions in the primary care setting whether optometrists, primary care physicians, general practitioners, ophthalmologists, emergency staff or nurses.
Key features
Key features
- Spiral-bound handbook format is ideal for clinical use.
- Each condition is presented on its own page spread, with step-by-step guidelines to treatment.
- All key information is available at a glance, succinctly presented with full-color illustrations in a convenient layout.
- Clinical pearls and practical advice offer valuable insight on the most effective methods of treatment.
- All essential charts, tests and tables are collected and presented in one resource.
Readership
Readership
Optometrists, dispensing opticians, ophthalmologists in training, GPs and accident and emergency staff
Table of contents
Table of contents
Preface
1. Basic examination
2. Red eye
3. Painful eye
4. Other Visual Symptoms
5. Trauma
6. Watering eye
7. Contact lens problems
8. Eyelid problems
9. Tumours
10. Post operative problems
11. Eye drops and drugs
1. Basic examination
2. Red eye
3. Painful eye
4. Other Visual Symptoms
5. Trauma
6. Watering eye
7. Contact lens problems
8. Eyelid problems
9. Tumours
10. Post operative problems
11. Eye drops and drugs
Review quotes
Review quotes
"The grouping of emergency conditions into chapter headings such as the red eye, the painful eye, and visual symptoms make it not only perfect for the ocular disease viva exam but also a valuable manual for the consulting room of everyone in practice. Essential reading." Bill Harvey, Optician, June 2004
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: June 22, 2004
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Lennox A. Webb
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Glasgow, UKView book on ScienceDirect
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