Clinical Manual of Contact Lenses -

Clinical Manual of Contact Lenses

Buch | Softcover
672 Seiten
2008 | 3rd Revised edition
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)
978-0-7817-7829-9 (ISBN)
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A 'how-to' guide to fitting, evaluating, and troubleshooting contact lenses, particularly specialty contact lens designs. It includes information on silicone hydrogels, disposable lenses, and new lens designs, materials, and care systems, as well as significant updates on clinical topics such as orthokeratology and bifocals.
Thoroughly revised and updated--and now in full color for the first time--this manual is a complete, current, and convenient "how-to" guide to fitting, evaluating, and troubleshooting contact lenses, particularly specialty contact lens designs. The book is the perfect quick reference to consult during a patient's examination and a user-friendly study guide for boards. Each chapter includes clinical cases, nomograms, and a proficiency checklist. This edition has over 200 new illustrations, including 169 full-color photographs. Coverage includes new information on silicone hydrogels, disposable lenses, and new lens designs, materials, and care systems, as well as significant updates on clinical topics such as orthokeratology and bifocals. The contributors represent sixteen schools and colleges of optometry.

INTRODUCTION Preliminary Evaluation Edward S. Bennett, Ronald K. Watanabe, and Carolyn G. Begley Companion for Contact Lens Optics William J. Benjamin GAS-PERMEABLE LENSES Corneal Topography Eef van der Worp, John de Brabander, and Frans Jongsma Gas-Permeable Material Selection Edward S. Bennett Lens Design, Fitting, and Evaluation Edward S. Bennett and L. Gina Sorbara Lens Care and Patient Education Edward S. Bennett and Heidi Wagner Verification of Gas-Permeable Lenses Vinita Allee Henry Gas-Permeable Lens Problem Solving Edward S. Bennett and Terry Scheid SOFT LENSES Modification Edward S. Bennett and Keith Parker Soft Material Selection/Fitting and Evaluation Vinita Allee Henry and Julie Ott DeKinder Silicone Hydrogel Lenses Vinita Allee Henry Soft Lens Care and Patient Education Vinita Allee Henry Hydrogel Lens Problem Solving J. Bart Campbell, Vinita Allee Henry, and John W. Marohn CHALLENGING CASES Correction of Astigmatism Edward S. Bennett, Kimberly A. Layfield, Paul Blaze, and Melvin R. Remba Bifocal Contact Lenses Edward S. Bennett and Vinita Allee Henry Extended Wear Kathy Dumbleton and Lyndon Jones Aphakia Larry J. Davis and Dennis Burger Keratoconus Edward S. Bennett, Joseph T. Barr, and Loretta Szczotka-Flynn Postsurgical Contact Lens Fitting Michael DePaolis, Joseph Shovlin, Julie DeKinder, and Christine Sindt Orthokeratology Marjorie Rah and John Mark Jackson Management of Contact Lens-Associated or Lens-Induced Pathology Ron Melton and Randall Thomas PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Contact Lens Practice Management Janice M. Jurkus, Brad Williams, Walter West, Peter G. Shaw-McMinn, Carmen Castellano, Jack Schaeffer, Walter Choate, N. Rex Ghormley, Stephanie Erker, and Jeff Harter APPENDICES Keratometer Diopter Conversion to Millimeters Effective Spectacle Lens Power at the Corneal Plane Extended Keratometer Range with +1.25 D Lens and -1.00 D Lens

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.12.2008
Zusatzinfo 273 illustrations
Verlagsort Philadelphia
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 1339 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitsfachberufe
ISBN-10 0-7817-7829-8 / 0781778298
ISBN-13 978-0-7817-7829-9 / 9780781778299
Zustand Neuware
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