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Glaucoma diagnosis and management /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gupta, Deepak, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2005]
Subjects:
Glaucoma > diagnosis.
Glaucoma > therapy.
Table of Contents:
  • Sec. I. Epidemiology, genetics, and pathophysiology
  • Epidemiology
  • Risk factors for glaucoma
  • Genetics of glaucoma
  • Overview of aqueous humor
  • Pathophysiology of glaucoma
  • Sec. II. Diagnosis of glaucoma
  • Patient history
  • Gonioscopy
  • Tonometry
  • Corneal pachymetry
  • Visual field analysis
  • Optic nerve evaluation
  • Optic nerve imaging devices
  • Sec. III. Secondary glaucomas
  • Normal-tension glaucoma
  • Angle-closure glaucomas
  • Pigmentary glaucoma
  • Pseudoexfoliation syndrome
  • Glaucoma due to inflammation
  • Glaucoma due to ocular injury
  • Neovascular glaucoma
  • Lens-induced glaucoma
  • The developmental glaucomas
  • Other forms of glaucoma
  • Sec. IV. Medical management of glaucoma
  • Principles of ocular therapeutics
  • Goals of therapy
  • Adrenergic agonists
  • Beta-blockers
  • Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
  • Cholinergic agents (miotics)
  • Prostaglandin analogs
  • Hyperosmotic agents
  • Combination products
  • Suggested pharmaceutical protocol
  • Investigational pharmaceutical therapies
  • Sec. V. Surgical management of glaucoma
  • Principles of laser therapy
  • Laser trabeculoplasty
  • Laser iridotomy
  • Principles of glaucoma surgery
  • Filtration surgery
  • Aqueous shunts
  • Cyclodestructive procedures
  • Sec. VI.
  • Case studies