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1 online resource (248 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Clinical Ophthalmology an Exciting Detective Work -- 1.2 Definitions -- 1.3 Diagnosis Making Process -- 1.3.1 Dealing with Uncertainty -- 1.3.2 Emperor's New Clothes -- 1.4 When Clinical Tests Do Not Make Sense -- 1.5 Natural History of Disease and Clinical Presentation -- 1.5.1 Knowing Natural History -- 1.6 Medical Etiquette -- 1.7 Recording and Interpreting Your Findings -- 1.8 Normal -- Further Reading |
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2: Overview of Statistics and Epidemiology for Clinical Diagnosis: Connecting the Dots -- 2.1 Population and Sample -- 2.1.1 Selecting the Sample -- 2.2 Data -- 2.2.1 Data Types -- 2.2.2 Data Distribution -- 2.3 Central Tendency or Average -- 2.3.1 Precision -- 2.3.2 Confidence Intervals -- 2.4 Hypothesis Testing -- 2.5 Comparing Means -- 2.6 Correlation and Survival Analysis -- 2.7 Epidemiological Concepts for Clinical Medicine -- 2.7.1 Probability -- 2.7.2 Incidence and Prevalence -- 2.8 Diagnostic Test and Diagnosis -- 2.8.1 Validity and Reliability -- 2.9 Regression to Mean |
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2.10 Some Strategies for Making Diagnosis -- 2.10.1 Diagnostic Possibility -- Further Reading -- 3: History Taking: The Most Important Clinical Test -- 3.1 Demographic Details -- 3.2 Presenting Complaint -- 3.3 History of Presenting Complaint -- 3.3.1 Details of the Symptom -- 3.3.2 Associated Symptoms -- 3.3.3 Extent of Disability -- 3.3.4 Rechecking History -- 3.4 Past History -- 3.5 Personal History -- 3.6 Medical History/Review of Systems -- 3.7 Treatment and Allergies -- 3.8 Family History -- 3.9 Social History -- 3.10 Documentation and Confidentiality |
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3.11 History as a Test and Other Issues -- 3.12 Analysing the Interview Result -- 3.13 Beyond History Taking -- 4: Visual Function and Its Assessment -- 4.1 Visual Processing -- 4.2 Attributes of Vision -- 4.3 Visual Acuity Testing -- 4.3.1 Normal Vision -- 4.4 Vision Checking Charts and Measurement of Vision -- 4.4.1 Near Vision Testing -- 4.4.2 Vision Testing in Special Situations -- 4.5 Pinhole Vision and Other Macular Function Assessments -- 4.5.1 Pinhole Vision -- 4.5.2 Macular Stress Test -- 4.5.3 Macular Function Test -- 4.5.4 Maddox Rod Test -- 4.6 Visual Fields Testing |
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4.7 Colour Vision Testing -- 4.8 Tests for Malingering -- 5: Evaluating Refractive Error and Prescribing Glasses -- 5.1 History and Preliminary Examination -- 5.1.1 History -- 5.1.2 Spectacle Power Evaluation -- 5.1.3 Examination -- 5.2 Retinoscopy or Objective Refraction -- 5.2.1 The Practice of Retinoscopy -- 5.3 Subjective Refraction -- Further Reading -- 6: The Slit Lamp Examination -- 6.1 The Instrument -- 6.2 Setting up the Slit Lamp -- 6.2.1 Microscope Setting -- 6.2.2 Checking Parfocality -- 6.2.3 Unlocking the Slit Lamp -- 6.3 Examination of the Eye |
| Summary |
This book elucidates the principles of sound clinical examination in ophthalmology. Based on the authors extensive teaching experience, it makes the case for arriving at a diagnosis through detailed clinical examinations, including history taking, knowledge of clinical epidemiology, and using only the most relevant clinical tests. Starting with basic chapters on relevant statistics and clinical epidemiology, the book covers history-taking, visual function assessment, slit lamp examination, and examinations of each important field (e.g. the lids, orbit, cornea, iris and pupil, glaucoma patients, sclera, lens, posterior segment, pediatric patient and neuro-ophthalmology) in separate chapters. Full of practical tips on examining patients at the clinic, the book also describes the rationale behind each clinical test and its interpretation. It is also hoped that teachers who come across this book will evaluate students on the basis of these relevant clinical examinations rather than quizzing them on esoteric clinical tests that are not routinely used and are of little clinical value. This book is intended to help all ophthalmologists, beginners and veterans alike, improve their clinical examination thinking and skills |
| Notes |
6.3.1 Examination Using Focal/Diffuse Illumination |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ophthalmology.
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Eye -- Diseases -- Diagnosis.
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Ophthalmology
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Ophthalmology.
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Medical -- Ophthalmology.
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Eye -- Diseases -- Diagnosis
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Ophthalmology
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Oftalmologia.
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Examen ocular.
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Examen físic.
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Diagnòstic.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789811528903 |
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981152890X |
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