Evidence-Based Ophthalmology (eBook)

Richard Wormald is the editor of Evidence-Based Ophthalmology, published by Wiley. Katherine Henshaw is the editor of Evidence-Based Ophthalmology, published by Wiley. Liam Smeeth is the editor of Evidence-Based Ophthalmology, published by Wiley.

Part I: the basics.

Finding the evidence.

Synthesising the evidence.

Putting the evidence into practice.

Part II Overview of the evidence in key areas.

Allergic conjunctivitis.

Acute bacterial conjunctivitis.

Viral conjunctivitis.

Screening older people for impaired vision.

Congenital and infantile cataract.

Congenital glaucoma.

Retinopathy of prematurity.

Ophthalmia neonatorum.

Unilateral amblyopia.

Infantile esotropia.

Accommodative esotropia.

Childhood exotropia.

Prevention of myopia progression.

Entropian and ectropion.

Thyroid eye disease.

Lacrimal obstruction.

Trachoma.

Corneal abrasion and recurrent erosion.

Herpes simplex keratitis.

Suppurative keratitis.

Ocular toxoplasmosis.

Onchocerciasis.

Sight-threatening idiopathic (autoimmune) uveitis.

Cytomegalous retinitis patients with AIDS.

Anterior uveitis.

Primary open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.

Acute and chronic angle glaucoma.

Modification of wound healing in glaucoma drainage surgery.

Cataract surgical techniques.

Intraocular lens implant biocompatability.

Multi-focal and monofocal intraocular lenses.

Perioperative management of cataract surgery.

Age-related macular degeneration.

Treatment of lattice degeneration and asymptomatic retinal
breaks to prevent rhegmatogenous&.

Surgery for proliferative vitreoretinopathy.

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Surgical management of full-thickness macular hole.

Retinal vein occlusion.

Medical interventions for diabetic retinopathy.

Photocoagulation for sight threatening diabetic retinopathy.

Vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy.

Optic neuritis.

Arteritic and non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic
neuropathy.

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Toxic and nutritional optic neuropathies.

Traumatic optic neuropathy.

Ocular adnexal and orbital tumours.

Uveal melanoma.

Retinoblastoma.

Vision rehabilitation

Journal Graefes Archive:

This volume is unique. It offers a firm anchor in the immense
troubled seas of medical literature. The book is accompanied by a
free, fully searchable, convenient-to-use CDROM. The three editors
have succeeded in harmonizing the input of the 64 highly competent
and reputable authors who wrote the 53 chapters covering all
subspecialties in ophthalmology.

This valuable textbook starts with a well-structured glossary
and a section on the basics of evidence in medicine. The three
chapters of this section enlighten the reader about the essentials
of medical evidence. The following 50 chapters on all areas of
clinical ophthalmology accumulate information which respects the
prerequisites of scientific evidence, thus making the vast
literature much more manageable. Each chapter comprises a series of
relevant questions which are followed by a paragraph of evidence
focussed on the problem, epidemiology, clinical considerations,
management options and comments--altogether a very handy
format. Each chapter is concluded by a series of references on
publications at a high level of evidence. Major trials are
categorized in appropriate tables and integrated into the text. An
easy-to-use index at the end of the book rounds off its contents.
The book's price of GBP 90 is undoubtedly very good value. I
do hope this book finds a broad application for the benefit of
critical patient care.