13 HIV and Intraocular Inflammation

Sep 11, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on 13 HIV and Intraocular Inflammation

13 HIV and Intraocular Inflammation John J. Huang and Dawn S. Russell Overview The management of ocular inflammation in HIV patients is often complicated. This is related to the wide…

read more

7 Anterior Uveitis

Sep 11, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on 7 Anterior Uveitis

7 Anterior Uveitis Raluca Raducu and I. Willard Abrahams Anterior uveitis (AU) is synonymous with iritis and is defined by the presence of cells or cellular aggregates visible in the…

read more

14 Pediatric Uveitis

Sep 11, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on 14 Pediatric Uveitis

14 Pediatric Uveitis John J. Huang INTRODUCTION Uveitis in children covers a wide range of inflammatory and infectious conditions with isolated ocular disease or with associated underlying systemic disease. Uveitis…

read more

6 Grading and Classification of Uveitis

Sep 11, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on 6 Grading and Classification of Uveitis

6 Grading and Classification of Uveitis John J. Huang, Paul A. Gaudio, and Eric J. Sigler It is imperative that practitioners understand and are comfortable utilizing a standard classification system…

read more

11 Episcleritis, Scleritis, and Keratitis

Sep 11, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on 11 Episcleritis, Scleritis, and Keratitis

11 Episcleritis, Scleritis, and Keratitis Deanne Nakamoto and Paul A. Gaudio This chapter aims to serve as a primer for diagnosing and treating patients who present with episcleritis, scleritis, or…

read more

2 The Immuno-inflammatory Cascade

Sep 11, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on 2 The Immuno-inflammatory Cascade

2 The Immuno-inflammatory Cascade John J. Huang and Benjamin Erickson To effectively manage and treat systemic and ocular autoimmune disorders, a thorough understanding of the immune-inflammatory system is essential. Mediators…

read more

10 Retinal Vasculitis

Sep 11, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on 10 Retinal Vasculitis

10 Retinal Vasculitis John J. Huang OVERVIEW Retinal vasculitis represents a heterogeneous group of disorders with retinal vascular inflammation and associated ocular inflammation. Many of the patients with retinal vasculitis…

read more

16 Endophthalmitis

Sep 11, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on 16 Endophthalmitis

16 Endophthalmitis Ron A. Adelman and Rajeev K. Seth DEFINITION, CLASSIFICATION, CLINICAL SIGNS, AND TREATMENT Infectious endophthalmitis is defined as severe, diffuse intraocular inflammation caused by a microbial agent. Fortunately,…

read more
Get Clinical Tree app for offline access