Ocular Emergencies

Ocular Emergencies
Author: Robert A. Catalano
Publisher: Saunders
Total Pages: 604
Release: 1992
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Discusses ocular and orbital disorders that appear as emergencies and provides a reference for practical hands-on management. The book aims to help physicians evaluate patients with traumatic/non-traumatic ophthalmologic disorders, and develop optimal therapeutic plans.

Pediatric Ophthalmology in the Emergency Room

Pediatric Ophthalmology in the Emergency Room
Author: Roman Shinder
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030499502

This book aims to cover the important pediatric ophthalmic diagnoses that present in the emergency room. A collaborative work of experienced experts, it describes the history, examination, testing, epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and prognosis for a variety of disorders. Richly illustrated, the book off ers an invaluable tool for all specialists and trainees entrusted with the care of children presenting with ocular conditions. Across 17 comprehensive yet concise chapters, this book provides an overview on a number of typical pathologies, including trauma, infections, inflammations, and tumors. Organized into five sections, each chapter is written to relay broad insight into the common ophthalmic conditions that may bring a child in for an acute healthcare visit. Additionally, skillfully written text is further supplemented by many high-quality images, including clinical photographs, fundus images, radiographs, and intraoperative photos. Pediatric Ophthalmology in the Emergency Room meets the market need for a resource on this specific topic designed for trainee instruction. It is a valuable text for medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as anyone involved in the urgent or emergent care of children, including ER physicians, ophthalmologists, optometrists and other personnel.

Ocular Emergency

Ocular Emergency
Author: Hua Yan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2018-01-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 981106802X

Ocular Emergency is a systematic, symptom based reference book for clinical practice guidance. This book aims to provide the most thorough knowledge and standard process to clinical practitioners, such as the nurses, medical students, residents, fellows and even ophthalmologists, to help them make the most appropriate decision on the management of patients who have suffered from urgent ocular conditions. The first three chapters provide the audiences general information of ocular emergency and the emergency room (ER), which will help them generate a clinical thinking. The following four chapters are symptom based discussion of common complaints of ocular emergency. These chapters contain almost all the symptoms the audiences will meet in the ER and covers hundreds of diseases the audiences may or may not think of which fits the symptom. They will help the readers to make the right diagnose and offer the best advice or treatment to the patients. The last two chapters provide the audiences the information of most urgent ocular traumas. For each disease, definition, etiology, clinical presentations and signs, treatment and typical clinical case with pictures or illustrative figures will be provided. In addition, each chapter will be provided with an algorithym(s) for differential diagnosis and treatment as a summary of the chapter. Hopefully this book may help the clinical practitioners to be fully prepared for any challenge of ocular emergency cases.

Emergencies In Neuro-ophthalmology: A Case Based Approach (Second Edition)

Emergencies In Neuro-ophthalmology: A Case Based Approach (Second Edition)
Author: Andrew G Lee
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2024-08-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9811292183

The management of emergent neuro-ophthalmic conditions can be a life saving encounter for the general ophthalmologist. This book is designed to help comprehensive ophthalmologists make emergency triage decisions for initial evaluation and treatment of potentially vision- or life-threatening conditions. This text is case-based and is intended to provide the reader with the opinion and expertise of two neuro-ophthalmologists. One, Dr Lee is an ophthalmology-based neuro-ophthalmologist and the other, Dr Brazis is a neurology-based neuro-ophthalmologist.In the current edition two, we have updated the content according to the recent advances in ophthalmic investigations and imaging, along with the emergence of recent serological tests for Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody disease (MOGAD) and Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) disease. We also have also provided high-yield summary points after each case for takeaway messages.

Handbook of Emergency Ophthalmology

Handbook of Emergency Ophthalmology
Author: Brit Long
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2018-06-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319789457

This book provides emergency physicians with an easy-to-use guide for diagnosing and treating ophthalmologic conditions in the emergency department. Ophthalmologic complaints are very common, but many emergency physicians are not as confident as they would like to be when evaluating and managing these conditions. This book answers that need by giving step-by-step instructions on how to diagnose and treat common eye conditions, including glaucoma, infections, neuro-ophthalmologic conditions, and trauma. For each disorder, the book discusses presentation/symptoms, physical examination techniques, lab and imaging findings, differential diagnoses, treatment guidelines, and referral suggestions. The text is filled with images that clearly present these common ophthalmologic complaints and conditions and guide the emergency physician to an accurate and swift diagnosis. Handbook of Emergency Ophthalmology is an essential resource for emergency physicians, residents, medical students, nurses, and other healthcare workers who evaluate and manage patients with ophthalmologic conditions.

The Wills Eye Manual

The Wills Eye Manual
Author: Adam T. Gerstenblith
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2012-05-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1451171722

The thoroughly revised Sixth Edition of this classic reference on ocular disease is the perfect guide for all clinicians who treat eye disorders. Written in a concise outline format, this quick reference is perfect for diagnosis and management of hundreds of ocular conditions. This pocket-size manual covers - from symptoms to treatment - all ocular disorders likely to be encountered in the office, emergency room, or hospital setting.

The Wills Eye Manual

The Wills Eye Manual
Author: Kalla Gervasio
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 787
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1975160770

A best-selling source of compact, authoritative guidance on the treatment of ocular disorders in a variety of settings, The Wills Eye Manual, 8th Edition, is the comprehensive, high-yield reference of choice for both trainees and seasoned practitioners. It provides highly illustrated information on more than 200 ophthalmic conditions along with proven clinical recommendations from initial diagnosis through extended treatment. The consistent, bulleted outline format makes it ideal for portability and quick reference.

The Pediatric Eye Exam Quick Reference Guide: Office and Emergency Room Procedures

The Pediatric Eye Exam Quick Reference Guide: Office and Emergency Room Procedures
Author: Zhu-Tam, Lily
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2022-02-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1799880451

There is a need for comprehensive books that provide crucial information in a clear and direct manner, particularly in the medical field. Currently, there are limited resources available to students and clinicians that provide step-by-step procedures with pictures on how to examine the eye in the pediatric population. The Pediatric Eye Exam Quick Reference Guide: Office and Emergency Room Procedures is a clinical procedure book to provide step-by-step pediatric eye care examination techniques and is an important addition to the field of eye care. The chapters are written by leading pediatric optometrists and ophthalmologists in the field. Years of academic and clinical experiences from schools of optometry, hospital-based eye care, and private practice are all presented in a user-friendly format with clinical pearls and insights that will help any clinician perform a pediatric eye exam easily and efficiently. Covering a range of critical topics such as pupil examination, visual field testing, refraction, and ocular emergencies and providing pictures, it is ideal for all students, residents, academicians, trainers, and novel and seasoned clinicians who are interested in learning how to examine a pediatric patient and staying on top of the latest pediatric eye care procedures.