This unique resource is a practical, easy-to-use guide for the non-ophthalmologist healthcare provider as they encounter patients with eye complaints and other concerning ophthalmic conditions. The Columbia Guide to Basic Elements of Eye Care is specifically designed with the non-ophthalmologist in mind, and provides a foundation of basic eye anatomy and physiology, functional analysis, pathology, and concepts in eye care.

Each chapter delivers an accessible summary of various ophthalmic diseases and conditions, all of which are frequently encountered in everyday practice. These chapters provide in-depth discussions on a wide range of topics, from testing and examination procedures to management protocols, referral guidelines and expected frequency of follow-up for each disorder. Complete with hundreds of high-quality, descriptive illustrations and clinical photographs, The Columbia Guide to Basic Elements of Eye Care presents clear, understandable explanations of basic eye anatomy, physiology, disease and treatment for non-ophthalmic practitioners and students. In doing so, this guide provides a framework for determining the normal versus the abnormal, helping the reader recognize which patients require referral, and identify which conditions are developing, require urgent treatment, or can be routinely followed. Non-ophthalmologist healthcare providers and students alike will find this book, written by leaders in the field, a practical resource to consult as they encounter patients with treatable but potentially sight-threatening conditions.

<p>Foreword

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Orbital and Ocular Anatomy
Adult Eye Examination Techniques
The Pediatric Eye Examination
Sudden Vision Loss
Floaters and Flashes
Ocular Emergencies
The Refractive State of the Human Eye
The Red Eye
Blepharitis and Conjunctivitis
Dry Eye Syndrome
Cataract
Corneal Trauma, Infection, and Opacities
Corneal Dystrophies
Cornea Transplantation
Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy
Classification of the Glaucomas
Pediatric Glaucoma
Visual Fields and Imaging in Glaucoma
Medical Treatment of Glaucoma
Glaucoma: Surgical Therapies
Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Diabetic Eye Disease
Other Retinal Vascular Diseases
Retinal Detachment
Posterior Segment Trauma
Inherited Retinal Dystrophies
Diagnosis and Management of Ocular Inflammatory Disease
Infectious and Inflammatory Chorioretinopathies
Thyroid Eye Disease
Eyelid Lesions
Eyelid and Eyelash Malpositions
Orbital Infections
Orbital Tumors
Orbital Trauma
 Headache
Optic Neuropathy
Diplopia
The Neurology of Vision
Amblyopia
Strabismus
Intraocular Tumors
Retinoblastoma.</p>