Recent dramatic advances in diagnosis, as well as medical treatment, mean that you can offer your glaucoma patients more timely and effective interventions. Volume One in this brand-new clinical reference focuses on the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of glaucoma treatment, and the latest imaging techniques such as ultrasound biomicroscopy and optical coherence tomography as well as new compounds, combinations, and classes of drugs. Youll get the comprehensive, expert guidance you need to make optimal use of these new approaches.online and in print!
1 Prevalence and Geographic Variations Winnie Nolan & Jennifer Yip 2 Screening for Glaucoma Paul Healey 3 Economics of Glaucoma Care Paul Lee 4 Practical Application of Glaucoma Care in Different Societies Alan Robin, Donald Budenz, Nathan Congdon & Ravilla Thulasiraj
Section 2 Pathogenesis
5 Pathogenesis of Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy James Morgan 6 Aqueous Humor Dynamics and Intraocular Pressure Elevation Carol Toris 7 Mechanical Stress and Restructuring of the Optic Nerve Head Crawford Downs, Michael Roberts & Claude Burgoyne 8 Role of Vascular Blood Flow in Pathogenesis Mark Lesk & Ali Hafez
Section 3 Diagnosis of Glaucoma
9 Tonometry and IOP fluctuation Ted Garway-Heath, Aachal Kotecha & Sheng Lim 10 Visual Fields (Goldman, Humphrey, Other) David Crabb 11 Function Specific Perimetry Felipe Medeiros & Luciana M. Alenca 12 Electrophysiological testing Stuart Graham & Brad Fortune 13 Gonioscopy John Salmon 14 UBM Giorgio Marchini, Roberto Tosi & Piero Ceruti 15 Anterior Segment Imaging Winnie Nolan & Gus Gazzard 16 Impact of Central Corneal Thickness and Corneal Biomechanics on Tonometry James Brandt, Cynthia Roberts, Mark Sherwood & Clinton Sheets 17 Disc Stereo Photography Jost Jonas 18 Optic Disc Imaging Linda Zangwill, Christopher Bowd & Felipe Medeiros 19 RNFL Photography and Computer Analysis Neil Choplin 20 Structure and Function Relationships in Glaucoma Marcelo Nicolela, Lesya Shuba & Bettina Windisch 21 Blood Flow Measurement Techniques Mark Lesk & Ali Hafez 22 Genetics Rand Allingham & Mohammed elMallah 23 Genetic Epidemiology Ananth Viswanathan, Leonieke van Koolwijk, Catey Bunce
Section 4 Types of Glaucoma
24 Definitions - What is Glaucoma Worldwide? George Spaeth 25 Ocular Hypertension Michael Kass & Thad Labbe 26 Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Robert Fechtner & Albert Khouri 27 Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma Paul Foster & Sancy Low 28 Exfoliation Syndrome and Exfoliative Glaucoma Robert Ritch, Tasos Konstas & Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt 29 Pigmentary Glaucoma Stefano Gandolfi, Nicola Ungaro, Paolo Mora & Chiara Sangermani 30 Normal Tension Glaucoma Ted Krupin & Angelo Tanna 31 Congenital Glaucoma and other Childhood Glaucomas Allen Beck & Camille Hylton 32 Secondary Angle Closure Glaucomas Jeff Liebermann, Syril Dorairaj & Robert Ritch 33 Uveitic Glaucoma Keith Barton & Avinash Kulkarni 34 Neovascular Glaucoma Annapurna Singh, Danny Kim & Arun Singh 35 Other Secondary Glaucomas Jody Piltz-Seymour & Tara Uhler 36 Post-traumatic Glaucomas Jay Katz, Sheila Bazzaz & Jonathan Myers 37 Glaucoma Related to Tumors Arun Singh, Annapurna Singh & Kathryn Bollinger
Section 5 Principles of Management
38 Principles of Management of Open Angle Glaucoma Roger A Hitchings 39 Overview of Angle Closure Management Chaiwat Teekhasaenee 40 Target IOP Nitin Anand 41 Quality of Life Alexander Spratt, Ananth Viswanathan & Aachal Kotecha 42 Optimizing Quality of Life - Low-vision Rehabilitation in Glaucoma Jill Keeffe 43 Adherence and Persistence Gail Schwartz 44 Outcomes Ivan Goldberg & Ridia Lim 45 Risk Versus Benefit Ravi Thomas & Rajul Parikh
Section 6 Medical Therapy
46 Parasympathomimetics Lineu Shiroma & Vital Costa 47 Beta-blockers Ann Hoste 48 Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors Gábor Holló 49 Alpha Agonists Adam Reynolds 50 Prostagladin Analogs Norbert Pfeiffer & Hagen Thieme 51 Fixed Combination Therapy in Glaucoma Tasos Konstas, Dimitrios Mikropoulos & William C Stewart
Section 7 New Horizons
52 Neuroprotection / Neurogeneration Len Levin 53 Interpreting Clinical Studies on Neuroprotection Robert Weinreb & Anne L Coleman 54 Stem Cells Thomas V Johnson, Natalie D Bull & Keith Martin 55 Gene Therapy Stuart McKinnon 56 Ultrastructural Imaging Aachal Kotecha & Fred Fitzke