Low-tension glaucoma.
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Adrenergic beta-Antagonists↗
Biomedical subjects
M Fingeret
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Acute glaucomas: diagnosis and treatment.
Acute angle-closure glaucoma is an uncommon disorder that must be diagnosed and managed quickly and effectively to prevent visual loss. Several conditions may appear as an acute angle-closure glaucoma and must be recognized since, in certain cases, treatment may be different from that required for an acute angle-closure attack. Once an acute angle-closure attack has been successfully managed through medical treatment, a laser iridotomy is indicated to prevent an attack from recurring.
Acute Disease↗
Surgical management of glaucoma.
Surgery plays an important role in the treatment of glaucoma. For the angle-closure glaucomas, surgery is the primary mode of treatment to restore the normal route of aqueous out of the eye. For the open-angle glaucomas, surgery is usually a secondary treatment modality, indicated after medical therapy fails to halt glaucomatous damage or does not reduce the intraocular pressure to an acceptable level for an individual's eye.
Aqueous Humor↗
Patient drug schedules and compliance.
Open-angle glaucoma is a chronic disease usually requiring a patient to take medications for the rest of his or her life. Because of the expense and side effects of the medications and due to a lack of understanding of the condition, many patients do not take their medications properly, often leading to progressive damage. A written instruction sheet completed for each patient covering their medication dosage schedule is an aid that may subtly remind individuals to use their medications, reducing the problems associated with noncompliance.
Drug Administration Schedule↗
Expanded eye care in the Veterans Administration hospital setting.
Over the past decade a greater number of optometrists can be found practicing in hospitals, health maintenance organizations, health clinics and other multipractitioner group settings. The impetus enabling optometry to practice in such settings is based in part on cost effectivity. Optometrists in Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals have been in the forefront in this movement to provide the full range of primary eye care services, and in becoming an integral part of the hospital/medical community.
Health Services↗
Automated perimetry in the management of glaucoma.
As optometry's role and responsibilities increase, so does our need to understand and utilize new technological advances to aid in our understanding and management of ocular conditions. Automated perimetry represents one such technological improvement that enhances our ability to detect and analyze the visual field changes associated with glaucoma. An understanding of the automated perimeter's abilities and limitations is needed to effectively incorporate it into the management of glaucoma.
Automation↗
A glaucoma control chart.
A control sheet is presented to aid in the long-term management of the patient with glaucoma. It provides a means to easily assess the current and past management status as well as to review 21 consecutive visits with examination data on one form.
Glaucoma↗
The initial evaluation of ocular trauma in sports.
Sports injuries involving the eye are common and potentially endangering to the ocular tissue and vision. The evaluation of such injuries and diagnosing any resultant damage requires a careful, systematic approach by the practicing optometrist. This article details such a systematic approach to the ocular sports injury and discuseses diagnostic and management considerations.
Athletic Injuries↗
Primary eye care for the pediatric patient.
The primary care needs of the pediatric patient include the measurement of norms and deviations in the newborn (neonate) and subsequently, developmental milestones. Considerations of such norms and deviations must include familial and hereditary implications, systemic conditions and general health status. Deviations from the expected norms in the newborn and during development must be evaluated by the parent (as the true primary pediatric provider) and responsible health and eye care professionals. Such evaluation should include a sensitivity and awareness of the ocular and visual status, identification of norms and deviations and appropriate courses of action.
Child↗