The aim of this book is to provide current concepts and a better understanding of diabetic retinopathy. This mini atlas will be useful to all postgraduate students, vitreoretinal specialists and practicing ophthalmologists. This book highlights all the essential aspects of the current diagnostic and treatment approaches in diabetic retinopathy in an excellent manner. The book covers epidemiology, pathogenesis, levels of diabetic retinopathy, fluorescein angiography, optic coherence tomography, ultrasonography, pharmacotherapy, laser photocoagulation, vitreoretinal surge. Findings of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (DRS), the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS), the Diabetic Retinopathy Vitrectomy Study (DRVS) and the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) have provided insights into the understanding and management of diabetic retinopathy.

Diabetes presents a research-based discussion on the disease, describing new advances in its management and treatment. Accompanied by a photo CD ROM, the book begins with the basic anatomy and physiology of the pancreas and goes on to examine the different types of diabetes, diagnosis, treatment and possible complications. A separate chapter considers other aspects of diabetes, such as in pregnancy and driving.

This book is aimed at clinicians, internists, postgraduate students who want to keep abreast of the recent advances in understanding of all micro and macrovascular complications of diabetes. A crisp and concise quick reference guide to all the complications seen in patients with diabetes mellitus. A easy-to-read format, supplemented with clinical pearls, fast facts, and algorithms, enables rapid understanding of key aspects of pathogenesis and management of complications of diabetes. The book will be very useful to physicians as well as students to serve as an important resource to enrich their practice of diabetes care. All complications of diabetes have been comprehensively covered with equal emphysis on acute metabolic and chronic microvascular and macrovascular complications.

This unique resource is a practical, easy-to-use guide for the non-ophthalmologist healthcare provider as they encounter patients with eye complaints and other concerning ophthalmic conditions. The Columbia Guide to Basic Elements of Eye Care is specifically designed with the non-ophthalmologist in mind, and provides a foundation of basic eye anatomy and physiology, functional analysis, pathology, and concepts in eye care. Each chapter delivers an accessible summary of various ophthalmic diseases and conditions, all of which are frequently encountered in everyday practice. These chapters provide in-depth discussions on a wide range of topics, from testing and examination procedures to management protocols, referral guidelines and expected frequency of follow-up for each disorder. Complete with hundreds of high-quality, descriptive illustrations and clinical photographs, The Columbia Guide to Basic Elements of Eye Care presents clear, understandable explanations of basic eye anatomy, physiology, disease and treatment for non-ophthalmic practitioners and students. In doing so, this guide provides a framework for determining the normal versus the abnormal, helping the reader recognize which patients require referral, and identify which conditions are developing, require urgent treatment, or can be routinely followed. Non-ophthalmologist healthcare providers and students alike will find this book, written by leaders in the field, a practical resource to consult as they encounter patients with treatable but potentially sight-threatening conditions.

For the third edition, the text has been thoroughly revised to keep pace with new concepts in oral medicine. The structure of the text has been clarified and made more practically useful, with references to etiology, clinical images, differential diagnosis, laboratory diagnostic tests, and therapy guidelines. Also new in the third edition: four new chapters, and more than 240 new, exquisite illustrations of lesions and pathologic conditions affecting the oral cavity.

The tenth volume of Recent Advances in Ophthalmology contains some selected chapters on cornea, uvea, secondary glaucoma, lens, retina, oculoplastic surgery, and neuro-ophthalmic disorders. First time in the serial publication, three editorials—artificial cornea, diabetic retinopathy, and endophthalmitis are included to provide an over view of the problem to the reader. Recent advances in ophthalmology have considerably improved the quality of medical and surgical management of the patients with eye diseases. Besides editorial on artificial cornea, five articles are included on cornea. Sinha and coauthors have described corneal dystrophies in great detail covering prevalence, international classification, inheritance, histopathology, clinical features and treatment. Hopefully, the postgraduate students in ophthalmology and general ophthalmic practitioners will find the present volume helpful not only in the basic understanding of new developments in the subject but also in day-to-day clinical practice and care of the patients.