The Slit Lamp Primer
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The Slit Lamp Primer

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The Slit Lamp Primer

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The Slit Lamp Primer is the complete book on the slit lamp for the ophthalmic and optometric office. Now updated into a second edition, this user-friendly introduction to the slit lamp microscope highlights the instrument's basic parts as well as examination and illumination techniques.

Janice Ledford and Valerie Sanders explain more than just the fundamentals of the slit lamp. Written in a conversational style with supplemental photographs and diagrams, The Slit Lamp Primer delves into issues concerning the normal, postoperative, and problematic eye. Features of the patient history, including medications, are examined in light of the possible slit lamp findings. Detailed notes for proper documentation are included, along with tables to give guidelines for subjective grading of the findings.

Updated and key features: The examination of patients on various systemic medications with a list of drugs that may have side effects visible with the slit lamp The examination of post-operative patients, with a new section that focuses on patients who have undergone refractive surgery Up-to-date study icons, key points listed at the beginning of each chapter, and "What the Patient Needs to Know" sidebars Photographs and descriptions of parts and care of the slit lamp Atlas of photographs of the normal eye Photographs of pathology Tables to assist in contact lens evaluation

The Slit Lamp Primer, Second Edition is a valuable addition to the reference library of any ophthalmic and optometric paraprofessional or student. Explore the workings of a useful and effective instrument with the most practical and user-friendly book on the subject available today.

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9781040137666
Edition
2
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Opthalmology & Optometry

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedications, Second Edition
  5. Dedications, First Edition
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. About the Authors
  9. The Study Icons
  10. Chapter 1 The Slit Lamp
  11. Chapter 2 The Basic Slit Lamp Exam
  12. Chapter 3 A Magnified Tour of the Normal Eye
  13. Chapter 4 Illumination Techniques
  14. Chapter 5 Slit Lamp Findings
  15. Chapter 6 The Problematic Examination
  16. Chapter 7 The Postoperative Eye
  17. Chapter 8 History Mystery
  18. Chapter 9 Contact Lens Evaluation for Nonfitters
  19. References
  20. Index