Common Laboratory Tests and Procedures
2 COMMON LABORATORY TESTS AND PROCEDURES Common Laboratory Tests and Procedures Judy Perrigin, Laurance Freier, and Bruce E. Onofrey Laboratory tests can provide valuable information about the blood and many…
Pharmaceutical Agents
5 PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS The Prescription/Patient Compliance Jill C. Autry THE PRESCRIPTION DOS AND DONT’S: PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES (SEE FIGS. 5-1 TO 5-3 AND TABLES 5-1 AND 5-2) 1. Do write legibly….
Retina and Vitreal Disease
18 RETINA AND VITREAL DISEASE Retinal Tear and Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment W. Craig Lannin ICD-9: 361.32—HORSESHOE TEAR OF RETINA WITHOUT DETACHMENT ICD-9: 361.0—RETINAL DETACHMENT WITH RETINAL DEFECT THE DISEASE Significant…
Neuro-Ophthalmic Disease
19 NEURO-OPHTHALMIC DISEASE Pupil Abnormalities Leonid Skorin Jr and Bruce G. Muchnick ICD-9: 379.40 THE DISEASE Pathophysiology Pupil size reflects the neural input of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems…
Ophthalmologic Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
3 OPHTHALMOLOGIC LABORATORY AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTS Selected Laboratory Tests in Ocular Disease Laurance Freier SELECTED LABORATORY TESTS IN OCULAR DISEASE This section lists suggested laboratory and diagnostic tests for ocular…
Systemic Disease and the Eye
16 SYSTEMIC DISEASE AND THE EYE Diabetes Mellitus Nicky R. Holdeman ICD-9: 250.00 THE DISEASE Pathophysiology Diabetes mellitus (DM) involves a complex sequence of events that often evolve over many…
Immune Disease
10 IMMUNE DISEASE Anterior Uveitis Richard F. Multack, Samuel J. Multack and Leonid Skorin Jr ICD-9: 364.0 THE DISEASE Pathophysiology The uvea consists of the middle, pigmented, vascular structures of…
Ocular Microbiology
1 OCULAR MICROBIOLOGY Quick Reference Section Bruce E. Onofrey and Judy Perrigin PRACTICE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION REGARDING THE HIV-INFECTED PATIENT This chapter has been designed to provide the primary care clinician…
Bacterial Infectious Diseases
6 BACTERIAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES Bacterial Blepharitis Marcus G. Piccolo and Victor Malinovsky ICD-9: 373.01—BLEPHARITIS, ULCERATIVE THE DISEASE Pathophysiology Blepharitis occurs when there is colonization and infection of the lid…
Glaucoma and Related Conditions
17 GLAUCOMA AND RELATED CONDITIONS Ocular Hypertension (OHT) G. Richard Bennett and Fiaz Zaman ICD-9: 365.01 THE DISEASE Pathophysiology OHT is a condition in which elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is…
