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The Ophthalmic Assistant

A Text for Allied and Associated Ophthalmic Personnel

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Elsevier Health Sciences | e druk, 2022
ISBN13: 9780323757546
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Elsevier Health Sciences e druk, 2022 9780323757546
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Covering all the knowledge and skills needed for everyday duties as well as success on certification and recertification exams, The Ophthalmic Assistant, 11th Edition, is an essential resource for allied health personnel working in ophthalmology, optometry, opticianry, and other eye care settings. Drs. Harold A. Stein, Raymond M. Stein, and Melvin I. Freeman are joined by new editor Dr. Rebecca Stein and several new contributing authors who provide practical, up-to-date guidance on ocular diseases, surgical procedures, medications, and equipment, as well as paramedical procedures and office management for today’s practice. This outstanding reference and review tool provides essential knowledge and guidance for ophthalmic assistants, technicians, and technologists as critical members of the eye care team.Keeps you up to date with coverage of key topics such as topography-guided PRK, cataract surgery with multifocal IOLs to treat presbyopia, and OCT and OCTA, as well as the latest information on basic science, new testing procedures and equipment, and two new chapters on refractive surgery and eye banking.Provides full-color visual guidance for identification of ophthalmic disorders, explanations of difficult concepts, and depictions of the newest equipment used in ophthalmology and optometry—more than 1,000 images in all.Features more than 400 interactive multiple-choice review questions that test your knowledge and understanding of key concepts.Includes a bonus color-image atlas that tests your clinical recognition of disease and disorders of the eye.Contains convenient quick-reference appendices with hospital/practice forms for more efficient patient record keeping, conversion tables, and numerous language translations, plus information on ocular emergencies, pharmaceuticals, and more.Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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ISBN13:9780323757546
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback

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<p> Section One: Basic Sciences</p> <p>1. Anatomy of the eye</p> <p>2. Physiology of the eye</p> <p>3. Optics</p> <p>4. Pharmacology</p> <p>5. Microbiology</p> <p>Section Two: Clinical Practice</p> <p>6. Office efficiency and public relations</p> <p>7. History taking</p> <p>8. Preliminary examination</p> <p>9. Vision function and impairment </p> <p>10. Understanding ophthalmic equipment</p> <p>11. Refractive errors and how to correct them</p> <p>12. History of spectacles</p> <p>13. Facts about glasses</p> <p>14. Rigid contact lenses: basics</p> <p>15. Soft contact lenses</p> <p>16. Advanced techniques in soft and rigid contact lens fitting</p> <p>17. Dry eyes</p> <p>18. Managing a contact lens practice</p> <p>19. Visual fields</p> <p>20. Automated visual field testing</p> <p>Section Three: Common Clinical Eye Problems or Common Clinical Conditions </p> <p>21. Ocular Injuries</p> <p>22. The urgent case</p> <p>23. Common eye disorders</p> <p>24. Common retinal disorders</p> <p>25. Glaucoma</p> <p>26. Uveitis</p> <p>27. Examination of the newborn, infant and small child</p> <p>28. Maintenance of ophthalmic equipment and instruments</p> <p>Section Four: Surgical Technique</p> <p>29. Aseptic technique and minor office surgery</p> <p>30. The operative patient</p> <p>31. Highlights of ocular surgery</p> <p>32. Surgical Correction of Presbyopia</p> <p>33. Assisting the Surgeon</p> <p>34. Lasers in ophthalmology</p> <p>35. Ambulatory surgery</p> <p>36. Refractive surgery</p> <p>37. Corneal Collagen Cross Linking in the Management of ectatic diseases</p> <p>38. Wavefront aberrations and custom ablation</p> <p>Section Five: Ocular imaging</p> <p>39. Optical coherence tomography</p> <p>40. Computerized corneal topography</p> <p>41. Specular microscopy</p> <p>42. Diagnostic ultrasound</p> <p>Section Six: Special procedures</p> <p>43. Ocular motility and binocular vision</p> <p>44. Ophthalmic photography</p> <p>45. Visual aids for the partially sighted</p> <p>Section Seven: Community ocular programs</p> <p>46. Blind persons in the modern world</p> <p>47. Art and the eye</p> <p>48. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation</p> <p>Section Eight: Expanded roles in eye care delivery</p> <p>49. Computers in ophthalmic practice</p> <p>Section Nine: Role of assistants in eye care</p> <p>50. Allied health personnel in ophthalmology</p> <p>51. Ophthalmology ethics</p> <p>52. Ophthalmic allied health personnel: scope of practice</p> <p>53. Testing of ophthalmic skills</p> <p>54. The development of ophthalmic assistants in North America</p> <p>55. Ophthalmic assisting in the international community and in the prevention of blindness</p> <p>Section Ten: Atlas of Clinical Ophthalmic Disorders </p> <p>56. Atlas of Clinical Ophthalmic Disorders </p>

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