Geriatric Ophthalmology A Competency-based Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Beaver, Hilary A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lee, Andrew G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Ophthalmology.; Geriatrics.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

Geriatric patients have unique responses to treatment and disease, often harboring co-morbidities that can impact evaluation, treatment, and prognosis, which can require specialized expertise or experience. Geriatric Ophthalmology, Second Edition draws upon the successful first edition by applying a...

Table of Contents:

• Scope of the Problem and Demographic Shift in Population: Visual Disease Incidence and Prevalence in the Elderly Population
• Refractive Error in the Geriatric Population.-C ataracts and Cataract Surgery
• Glaucoma in the Elderly
• Diabetic Retinopathy and Its Management
• Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Its Management
• Low Vision: When Vision Fails
• Visual Loss and Depression
• Visual Loss and Dementia
• Visual Loss and Hearing Loss
• Visual Loss and Falls
• Elder Abuse
• Functional Impairment and Visual Loss
• The Research Agenda-Setting Project (RASP)
• Screening for Comorbidities
• Refer Comorbidities
• Index .