Ocular Emergency
Title | Ocular Emergency PDF eBook |
Author | Hua Yan |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2018-01-16 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 981106802X |
Ocular Emergency is a systematic, symptom based reference book for clinical practice guidance. This book aims to provide the most thorough knowledge and standard process to clinical practitioners, such as the nurses, medical students, residents, fellows and even ophthalmologists, to help them make the most appropriate decision on the management of patients who have suffered from urgent ocular conditions. The first three chapters provide the audiences general information of ocular emergency and the emergency room (ER), which will help them generate a clinical thinking. The following four chapters are symptom based discussion of common complaints of ocular emergency. These chapters contain almost all the symptoms the audiences will meet in the ER and covers hundreds of diseases the audiences may or may not think of which fits the symptom. They will help the readers to make the right diagnose and offer the best advice or treatment to the patients. The last two chapters provide the audiences the information of most urgent ocular traumas. For each disease, definition, etiology, clinical presentations and signs, treatment and typical clinical case with pictures or illustrative figures will be provided. In addition, each chapter will be provided with an algorithym(s) for differential diagnosis and treatment as a summary of the chapter. Hopefully this book may help the clinical practitioners to be fully prepared for any challenge of ocular emergency cases.
Eye emergency manual
Title | Eye emergency manual PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN | 9780734739889 |
Ocular Emergencies
Title | Ocular Emergencies PDF eBook |
Author | Robert A. Catalano |
Publisher | Saunders |
Pages | 604 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN |
Discusses ocular and orbital disorders that appear as emergencies and provides a reference for practical hands-on management. The book aims to help physicians evaluate patients with traumatic/non-traumatic ophthalmologic disorders, and develop optimal therapeutic plans.
Eye Emergencies: a practitioner's guide - 2/ed
Title | Eye Emergencies: a practitioner's guide - 2/ed PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Tillotson |
Publisher | M&K Update Ltd |
Pages | 203 |
Release | 2015-02-25 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1907830952 |
The second edition of Eye Emergencies offers an excellent up-to-date resource for anyone whose work involves dealing with acute ophthalmic presentations. The authors have used the term ‘practitioner’ to include doctors, ophthalmic nurses, emergency care practitioners, nurse practitioners, nurses in accident and emergency departments and ‘walk in’ centres and first aid workers in remote locations such as oil rigs or working in the armed services. Aimed at readers with differing levels of confidence, skills and knowledge, Eye Emergencies will help all practitioners develop greater competence in ophthalmic emergency practice. The system of flag symbols in the margins, highlighting the diagnostic significance of symptoms described in a particular context, makes this book particularly useful for quick reference. Contents include: Anatomy and physiology of the eye Initial assessment Differential diagnosis of emergency eye conditions Urgent eye conditions Non-urgent eye conditions Drugs commonly used for acute eye conditions Ophthalmic pain Concluding notes Ophthalmic procedures Glossary of ophthalmic terms Index
Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics
Title | Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen F. Crain |
Publisher | McGraw Hill Professional |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Children |
ISBN | 9780071377508 |
Now available in a compact 4" x 7" format, this portable reference covers the management of emergency conditions seen in pediatric patients. The Fourth Edition includes new sections on pediatric emergency radiology and sports injuries, plus expanded material on infectious diseases and environmental emergencies.. . "very well written. . . more complete than traditional pocket books.". -Pediatric Emergency Care Review-review of the previous edition.
Handbook of Emergency Ophthalmology
Title | Handbook of Emergency Ophthalmology PDF eBook |
Author | Brit Long |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2018-06-21 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 3319789457 |
This book provides emergency physicians with an easy-to-use guide for diagnosing and treating ophthalmologic conditions in the emergency department. Ophthalmologic complaints are very common, but many emergency physicians are not as confident as they would like to be when evaluating and managing these conditions. This book answers that need by giving step-by-step instructions on how to diagnose and treat common eye conditions, including glaucoma, infections, neuro-ophthalmologic conditions, and trauma. For each disorder, the book discusses presentation/symptoms, physical examination techniques, lab and imaging findings, differential diagnoses, treatment guidelines, and referral suggestions. The text is filled with images that clearly present these common ophthalmologic complaints and conditions and guide the emergency physician to an accurate and swift diagnosis. Handbook of Emergency Ophthalmology is an essential resource for emergency physicians, residents, medical students, nurses, and other healthcare workers who evaluate and manage patients with ophthalmologic conditions.
Emergencies in Neuro-ophthalmology
Title | Emergencies in Neuro-ophthalmology PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew G. Lee |
Publisher | World Scientific |
Pages | 199 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9814295019 |
Covers life-threatening scenarios that a general ophthalmologist might encounter, and is designed to make the ophthalmologist make emergency triage decisions for initial evaluation and treatment of potentially vision- or life-threatening conditions.