Manual for Eye Examination and Diagnosis (eBook)

Mark Leitman, MD, has been in the private practice of ophthalmology for 31 years specializing in cataract and glaucoma surgery. He is an attending physician at St. Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ and Robert Wood Johnson Surgicenter in East Brunswick, NJ. His special interest is in researching changes in circadian intraocular pressure.

In sequence of eye examination:.

Preface.

Medical History.

Medical illnesses.

Medications.

Family history of eye disease.

Measurement of Vision and Refraction.

Visual acuity.

Optics.

Refraction.

Contact lenses.

Refractive surgery.

Neuro-ophthalmology.

Eye movements.

Strabismus.

The pupil.

Visual field testing.

Nystagmus.

Circulatory disturbances affecting vision.

External Structures.

Lymph nodes.

Lacrimal system.

Lids.

Lashes.

The Orbit.

Exophthalmos.

Enophthalmos.

Slit Lamp Examination and Glaucoma.

Cornea.

Conjunctiva.

Sclera.

Glaucoma.

Uvea.

Vitreous.

Cataracts.

The Retina.

Retinal anatomy.

Fundus examination.

Fluorescein angiography.

Papilledema (choked disk).

White retinal lesions.

Diseases of retinal vessels.

Diabetic retinopathy.

Macular degeneration.

Common retinal diseases.

Index

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