000			01506cam a2200241 4500
001			9781405168007
008			120515t2008 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9781405168007
020			_a1405168005 (pbk.)
100			_aAlwitry, A
245		0	_aShared care glaucoma : a clinical text for ophthalmic allied professionals
260			_aChichester; Malden, MA : _bBlackwell Publishing, _c2008
300			_avii, 253 p. : ill. (pbk)
500			_aForeword by Stephen A. Vernon
505			_aIntroduction -- 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.
650			_aOphthalmology
690			_aGlaucoma _96298
690			_aOptometry _97242
690			_aOrthoptics _97261
690			_aOphthalmology
690			_aPatient Care Team
999			_c48023 _d48023