Evidence-based eye care

"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.

EVIDENCE-BASED EYE CARE; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; Clinical Epidemiology; Biostatistics; Health Economics; Anterior Segment: Cornea and External Diseases; Refractive Surgery; Glaucoma: Clinical Trials in Glaucoma Therapy; Diabetic Retinopathy: Prevention and Screening; Diabetic Macular Edema: Clinical Trials; Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Clinical Trials; Clinical Trials in Nonneovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration; Clinical Trials in Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration; Retinal Vein Occlusions.

Evidence-Based Ophthalmology: Clinical Trials and Beyond Retinal Detachment and Proliferative VitreoretinopathyEvidence-Based Medicine: The Prophylaxis and Treatment of Endophthalmitis; Arterial Occlusive Disease; Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP); Amblyopia; Uveal Melanoma: Approaches to Management; Optic Neuritis; Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy: An Evidence-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Management; Traumatic Optic Neuropathy: An Evidence-Based Perspective on Management; GLOSSARY; INDEX.