Overview
All chapters are consistent in format and style and have practical application to the daily practice of medical and surgical pediatric ophthalmology.
This practical guide is written by renowned experts with many years of experience and perspective on the state-of-the-art recommendations.
It includes many techniques, tips and pearls that have been learned over many years by experienced practitioners as well as guidelines to the eye examination of children.
Each of these pediatric ophthalmology chapters has new information presented in a readable format. With this approach this title saves the practicing physician from having to sift through data from many, often contradictory peer-reviewed papers in search of a consensus. Since all chapters are written by acknowledged thought leaders in these fields, the chapters cut through the maze and give a bottom-line current position in the science of that subject.
This guide will help the novice and the expert to improve the flow of the examination and treatment outcome. It will also increase the satisfaction of all who are involved with the treatment and care of children with eye disease.
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About this book
Pediatric Ophthalmology: current thought and practice’ is written by renowned experts with many years of experience and perspective on the state-of-the-art recommendations.
All chapters are consistent in format and style and have practical application to the daily practice of medical and surgical pediatric ophthalmology.
Starting with a guide to the examination of children, it covers all important topics for all who care for children’s eyes regardless of their niche interests within the field of pediatric ophthalmology. Many techniques that have been learned over many years by experienced practitioners will be illustrated and explained to the reader. Added value is given with useful tables and charts that will likely get constant use in offices and operating rooms, for example: Important drug dosages and side-effects, nystagmus surgical charts, strabismus surgical tables, spectacle artifacts, and an intraocular lens nomogram. This practical guide will promote understanding and update and guide the novice and the expert to improve the flow of the examination and treatment outcome. It is one of the most informative and useful books ever written for the pediatric ophthalmologist and the general ophthalmologist who cares for children.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"A practical guide that reviews relevant and current thoughts in pediatric ophthalmology. … The book targets trainees and practitioners. … there is valuable information for all types of ophthalmologists and non-ophthalmologists. … This is a readable, practical, and extremely helpful book on a wide variety of pediatric ophthalmology topics. … This is a very unique book, mostly because of its practical approach, and thus has unique value on the practitioner’s bookshelf." (Naureen A Mirza-George, Doody’s Review Service, March, 2009)
“This text is an addition to a field of already well-respected pediatric ophthalmology textbooks. … The authors have succeeded in producing an eminently readable text. … Trainees will definitely enjoy it in its ‘entirety’ and practitioners will benefit from a full reading. … The text illustrations are good … . The tables are useful. … it will excite the reader who wants more detail and stimulate greater and more detailed reading on the most intriguing aspects of the subject. It is a great starting point.” (James D. Reynolds, American Orthoptic Journal, Vol. 59, 2009)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pediatric Ophthalmology
Book Subtitle: Current Thought and A Practical Guide
Editors: M. Edward Wilson, Rupal H. Trivedi, Richard A. Saunders
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68632-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-68630-9Published: 09 December 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50132-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68632-3Published: 14 November 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 497
Topics: Ophthalmology, Pediatrics