Overview
Based on the successful first edition and a sold-out seminar held at the annual meetings of the American Academy of Ophthalmology ??
Completely updated with chapters on glaucoma in the elderly, age-related macular degeneration and its management, vision and hearing loss, elder abuse, and diabetic retinopathy and its management.
Provides a practical approach to assisting geriatric patients
Includes several high quality color images and illustrations not previously published
Written and edited by renowned medical experts in the field
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Geriatric patients have unique responses to treatment and disease, often harboring co-morbidities that can impact evaluation, treatment, and prognosis, which can require specialized expertise or experience. Geriatric Ophthalmology, Second Edition draws upon the successful first edition by applying a competency-based approach to these patients, improving awareness, increasing understanding, and encouraging expertise about geriatric issues among eye care professionals.
These intersecting conditions and their treatment are comprehensively discussed in this fully updated second edition, complete with additional high-quality illustrations and photos. Each chapter utilizes illustrative cases to exemplify the points of care encompassed by the competencies. Topics of special interest are included, such as diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, low vision, all diseases of aging, and the effect of vision loss on the geriatric patient’s quality of life. Medical students, residents, fellows, clinicians, and allied health personnel alike will find this to be a comprehensive resource and exceptional guide to the care of older patients with geriatric ophthalmology problems.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Chair, Blanton Eye Institute
Houston Methodist Hospital
Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
Professor of Ophthalmology, UTMB and UT MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas A and M College of Medicine (Adjunct)
Adjunct Professor, Baylor College of Medicine and the Center for Space Medicine, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and the University of Buffalo
Hilary Beaver, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical OphthalmologyWeill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
USABibliographic Information
Book Title: Geriatric Ophthalmology
Book Subtitle: A Competency-based Approach
Editors: Hilary A. Beaver, Andrew G. Lee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04019-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04017-8Published: 05 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04019-2Published: 15 February 2019
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 145
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ophthalmology, Geriatrics/Gerontology