By David B. Elliott PhD MCOptom FAAO

Well organized and easy to read, Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care, 5th Edition, takes an accessible, step-by-step approach to describing the commonly used primary care procedures that facilitate accurate diagnosis and effective patient management. This practical, clinically-focused text offers succinct descriptions of today's most frequently encountered optometric techniques supported by research-based evidence. You’ll find essential instructions for mastering the procedures you need to know, including recent technical advances in the field.

• Discusses technical advances that are dramatically altering optometry: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and ultra-wide field imaging (optomaps).

• Presents outstanding new digitalimages of OCT cases and optomaps for a wide variety of conditions of the central and peripheral retina.

• Focuses on evidence-based optometry; all procedures include a section that reviews when and how the procedure should be measured and uses clinical wisdom in addition to research-based evidence.
• Presents new digital images of normal variations of the eye – crucial visual support for understanding what is normal and what is disease.
• Offers extensive material online to enhance learning: video clips, interactive testing sections, additional photographs, and more.Helps you clearly visualize procedures and eye disorders through full-color photographs, diagrams, and video clips.
• Features coverage of changes in the eye due to high myopia, and expounds the need for myopia control techniques.
• Provides fully revised print on dry eye assessment based on the latest international Dry Eye Workshop (DEWS) guidelines.
• Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elsevier; 5th edition (April 28, 2020)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0702077895
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0702077890
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780702077890
• eText ISBN: 9780702077906