Ophthalmology Secrets

Description:

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Ophthalmology Secrets, 5th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

Table of Contents:

Top 100 secrets

List of Tables

List of Illustrations

1.  Clinical anatomy of the eye

General

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2.  Anatomy of the orbit and eyelid

Orbit

Eyelid

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3.  Optics and refraction

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4.  Color vision

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5.  Ophthalmic and orbital testing

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6.  Visual fields

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7.  The red eye

Cornea and external diseases

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8.  Corneal infections

Corneal ulcers

Bacterial keratitis

Herpetic keratitis

Refractive surgery–associated keratitis

Fungal keratitis

Acanthamoeba keratitis

New treatments for infectious keratitis

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9.  Ophthalmia neonatorum

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10.  Topical antibiotics and steroids

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11.  Dry eyes

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12.  Corneal dystrophies

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13.  Keratoconus

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14.  Refractive surgery

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15.  Glaucoma

Glaucoma

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16.  Angle-closure glaucoma

Primary angle closure (relative pupillary block and other mechanisms)

Plateau iris

Aqueous misdirection syndrome (malignant/ciliary block glaucoma)

Neovascular glaucoma

Miscellaneous

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17.  Secondary open-angle glaucoma

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18.  Medical treatment of glaucoma

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19.  Trabeculectomy surgery

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20.  Traumatic glaucoma and hyphema

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21.  Cataracts

Cataracts

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22.  Techniques of cataract surgery

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23.  Complications of cataract surgery

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24.  Amblyopia

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25.  Esodeviations

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26.  Miscellaneous ocular deviations

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27.  Strabismus surgery

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28.  Nystagmus

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29.  The pupil

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30.  Diplopia

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31.  Optic neuritis

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32.  Miscellaneous optic neuropathies and neurologic disturbances

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33.  Tearing and the lacrimal system

Oculoplastics

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34.  Proptosis

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35.  Thyroid eye disease

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36.  Orbital inflammatory diseases

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37.  Ptosis

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38.  Eyelid tumors

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39.  Uveitis

Uveitis in the immunocompetent patient

Anterior uveitis

Intermediate uveitis

Posterior uveitis

Masquerade syndromes

Ocular manifestation of acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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40.  Toxic retinopathies

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41.  Coats’ disease

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42.  Fundus trauma

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43.  Age-related macular degeneration

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44.  Retinopathy of prematurity

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45.  Diabetic retinopathy

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46.  Retinal arterial obstruction

Acknowledgment

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47.  Retinal venous occlusive disease

Branch retinal vein occlusion

Central retinal vein occlusion

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48.  Retinal detachment

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49.  Retinoblastoma

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50.  Pigmented lesions of the ocular fundus

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51.  Ocular tumors

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52.  Orbital tumors

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Index