Evidence-based eye care

by Johnson, T. Mark, (Thomas Mark) Kertes, Peter J.

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Title Statements

Full title :Evidence-based eye care / edited by Peter J. Kertes, Vitreorentinal Surgeon, Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, the John and Liz Tory Eye Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, T. Mark Johnson, MD, FRCSC, Attending Surgeon, Retina Group of Washington, Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Summary

"Now in a revised and updated Second Edition, this handy guide to eye care uses evidence from the latest clinical trials to deliver practical advice directly applicable to the challenges of daily ophthalmic practice. Helpful illustrations and tables support the text and improve outcomes, summarizes the major clinical trials in ophthalmology that support the current standard of care. Practical focus helps readers apply research findings to day-to-day practice. Logical organization guides readers from general epidemiology to disease-specific sections. Broad scope addresses the full range of ophthalmologic subspecialties--from treatment of corneal defects, glaucoma, and cataracts to management of vitreo-retinal disorders. NEW in the Second Edition ... Results from the latest clinical trials let readers put current findings into practice. Coverage of new pharmacologic agents broadens therapeutic choices. Three new chapters address arterial occlusive disease, non-exudative age-related macular degeneration, and biostatistics"--Provided by publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health
Place of Publication:Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 432 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781451176384, 1451176384
oclc:ocn853436413
LC Classification:RE48
Dewey Decimal:617.7

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Clinical Epidemiology / Sanjay Sharma -- ch. 2 Biostatistics / Hussein Hollands -- ch. 3 Health Economics / Sanjay Sharma -- ch. 4 Anterior Segment: Cornea and External Diseases / Qais A. Farjo -- ch. 5 Refractive Surgery / Clara C. Chan -- ch. 6 Glaucoma: Clinical Trials in Glaucoma Therapy / Robert J. Campbell -- ch. 7a Diabetic Retinopathy: Prevention and Screening / Yoshihiro Yonekawa -- ch. 7b Diabetic Macular Edema: Clinical Trials / Dean Eliott -- ch. 7c Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Clinical Trials / Dean Eliott -- ch. 8a Clinical Trials in Nonneovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration / Emily Y. Chew -- ch. 8b Clinical Trials in Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration / Peter K. Kaiser -- ch. 9 Retinal Vein Occlusions (Evidence-Based Eye Care) / Sharon Fekrat -- ch. 10 Evidence-Based Ophthalmology: Clinical Trials and Beyond Retinal Detachment and Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy / T. Mark Johnson.

Contents note continued: ch. 11 Evidence-Based Medicine: The Prophylaxis and Treatment of Endophthalmitis / William F. Mieler -- ch. 12 Arterial Occlusive Disease / Mark O. Baerlocber -- ch. 13 Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) / Anton…