Shared care glaucoma : a clinical text for ophthalmic allied professionals

Foreword by Stephen A. Vernon

Introduction -- Epidemiology and risk factors for glaucoma -- Genetics -- The pathophysiology of glaucoma -- Anterior segment examination -- Assessing the angle -- Evaluation of the optic nerve head -- Imaging technology in the assessment of the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer -- The intraocular pressure -- Central corneal thickness and the intraocular pressure -- Evaluating the visual field -- Other perimetry devices -- Identifying progressive visual-field loss -- Identifying progressive morphological change -- Target IOP -- Glaucoma medications -- Management protocols -- Surgery and laser treatment for glaucoma -- Compliance -- Normal-tension glaucoma -- Secondary open-angle glaucoma -- Primary angle closure -- Secondary angle closure -- Steroid-induced glaucoma -- Landmark studies.