Glaucoma

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grehn, Franz (Editor), Stamper, Robert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Essentials in Ophthalmology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Science.; Nursing.; Ophthalmology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Science, general.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

Te series Essentials in Ophthalmology was initi- to discuss clinically relevant and appropriate t- ated two years ago to expedite the timely trans- ics. Summaries of clinically relevant information fer of new information in vision science and have been provided throughout each chapter. evidence-base...

Table of Contents:

• Basics and Diagnosis
• A New Model Describes an Aqueous Outflow Pump and Explores Causes of Pump Failure in Glaucoma
• Risk Calculators: Evidence-Based Care of Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma Patients
• Dynamic Contour Tonometry
• Effect of Corneal Thickness on Applanation Tonometry, Pneumotonometry, and Tonopen Measurements
• Electrophysiology in the Diagnosis of Glaucoma
• Adherence and Persistence in Glaucoma
• Epidemiology and Related Fields
• Glaucoma Care in Developing Countries of Asia
• Health Economics, Cost-Effectiveness, and Glaucoma Care
• Therapy — Surgery
• Future of IOP-Lowering Medication for Glaucoma Therapy
• Filtering Bleb Imaging with Confocal Laser Technology (Rostock Cornea Module)
• Miscellaneous
• Update on Tube-Shunt Procedures for Glaucoma.