The ophthalmic assistant : a text for allied and associated ophthalmic personnel /
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| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh ; New York :
Saunders/Elsevier,
©2013.
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| Edition: | Ninth Edition |
| Series: | ClinicalKey.
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Table of Contents:
- Anatomy of the eye
- Physiology of the eye
- Optics
- Pharamacology
- Microbiology
- Office efficiency and public relations
- History taking
- Preliminary examination
- Understanding ophthalmic equipment
- Refractive errors and how to correct them
- History of spectacles
- Facts about glasses
- Rigid contact lenses : Basics
- Soft contact lenses
- Advanced techniques in soft and rigid contact lens fitting
- Managing a contact lens practice
- Visual fields
- Automated visual field testing
- Ocular injuries
- The urgent case
- Common eye disorders
- Common retinal disorders
- Glaucoma
- Examination of the newborn, infant and small child
- Maintenance of ophthalmic equipment and instruments
- Aseptic technique and minor office surgery
- The operative patient
- Highlights of ocular surgery
- Assisting the surgeon
- Assisting the surgeon
- Ambulatory surgery
- Refractive surgery
- Corneal collagen cross linking in the management of ectatic diseases
- Wavefront aberrations and custom ablation
- Optical coherence tomography
- Computerized corneal topography
- Specular microscopy
- Diagnostic ultrasound
- Ocular motility and binocular vision
- Ophthalmic photography
- Visual aids for the partially sighted
- Blind persons in the modern world
- Art and the eye
- Reading problems in children
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Computers in ophthalmic practice
- Allied health personnel in ophthalmology
- Ophthalmology ethics
- Ophthalmic allied health personnel : scope of practice
- Testing of ophthalmic skills
- The development of ophthalmic assistants in North America
- Assisting in the international community and in the prevention of blindness
- Appendices.