Fast facts

Fast facts

by Simcock, Peter

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This fully updated new edition has been designed for ease and speed of use in clinical practice. It will empower you with the knowledge to triage your patients into three main groups: emergencies requiring immediate referral; non-emergencies requiring routine referral; or those with treatable conditions. Primarily intended for doctors, optometrists, ophthalmic nurses and other health professionals involved with eye care within the community, this refreshingly readable handbook discusses the maj…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Fast facts. / Peter Simcock, MB, ChB, DO, FRCP, FRCS, FRCOphth (Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, West of England Eye Unit, Exeter, Devon, UK), Andre Burger, MB, ChB, DipEC, DipOphth, FRCOphth(SA), CESR(UK) (Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Mediclinic, Greys/Edendale Hospital Complex, Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa).

Summary

This fully updated new edition has been designed for ease and speed of use in clinical practice. It will empower you with the knowledge to triage your patients into three main groups: emergencies requiring immediate referral; non-emergencies requiring routine referral; or those with treatable conditions. Primarily intended for doctors, optometrists, ophthalmic nurses and other health professionals involved with eye care within the community, this refreshingly readable handbook discusses the major ophthalmological symptoms in the context of daily clinical practice. -- Publisher.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2015
  • Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Health Press
  • Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxford
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2015

Notes

Preceded by Fast facts / Anthony Pane, Peter Simcock. 2006.

First edition authored by Anthony Pane and Peter Simcock (in that order).

The Physical Object

  • Description:110 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781908541727, 1908541725
  • oclc:ocn919299877
  • LC Classification:RE48.9
  • Dewey Decimal:617.7

Table of Contents

Basic eye assessment: history and examination -- Red eye -- Blurred vision -- Double vision -- Other important symptoms -- Gritty, itchy or watery eyes -- Abnormal eye appearance and/or eye examination -- Diabetes, hypertension and systemic medications -- Eyelid disease -- Children's eye problems -- Eye trauma -- Useful resources -- Index.

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