EYE EMERGENCIES:DIAG & MANAGEMENT

This text offers an approach to the management of patients with emergency eye conditions.

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This handbook gives a step-by-step approach to the management of patients with emergency eye conditions presenting to the general pratitioner or the casualty department. Basic clinical advice, when to treat and when to refer, immediate care and key points to remember are considered eye emergencies are one of the most common problems presenting in the A&E department. It gives a guide to the management of these emergency eye conditions. A symptom-based approach is taken with chapters on red eye; painful eye; visual symptoms. Additional chapters on contact lens related problems; post-operative problems and eye drops and drugs are included. The text is in an easy to follow step-by-step format with extensive cross referencing allowing quick access to the relevant information. This book should be useful reading for all those involved in accident and emergency care, and should also appeal to optometrists and GPs.