Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Acute painful ptosis, complete ophthalmoplegia with a red eye -- Chronic painless ptosis, complete ophthalmoplegia with a red eye -- Acute painless homonymous hemianopsia -- Acute painful homonymous hemianopsia -- Acute bilateral optic disc edema -- Subacute bilateral optic disc edema -- Acute homonymous hemianopsia in febrile patient -- Acute painless isolated sixth nerve palsy -- Acute progressive bilateral ophthalmoplegia with mental status change -- Acute unilateral optic neuropathy -- Acute pupil spared third nerve palsy -- Acute pupil involved third nerve palsy -- Acute proptosis with red eyes -- Acute visual loss in a leukemia patient -- Acute ophthalmoplegia after vomiting -- Acute anisocoria -- Optic disc edema with a macular star figure -- Acute transient monocular visual loss -- Jaw pain and headache in an elderly woman -- Acute bitemporal hemianopsia -- Acute anisocoria with neck pain -- Acute painful ophthalmoplegia. |
Summary |
The management of emergent neuro-ophthalmic conditions can be a life-saving encounter for the general ophthalmologist. This book covers life-threatening scenarios that a general ophthalmologist might encounter, and is designed to help the ophthalmologist make emergency triage decisions for initial evaluation and treatment of potentially vision- or life-threatening conditions. This book is case based, and provides the reader with the invaluable expert views of two neuro-ophthalmologists. One, Dr Lee is an ophthalmology-based neuro-ophthalmologist and the other, Dr Brazis is a neurology-based ne. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Neuroophthalmology -- Case studies.
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Neuroophthalmology. |
Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Subject |
Ophthalmologic emergencies -- Case studies.
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Ophthalmologic emergencies. |
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Optic Nerve Diseases. |
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Emergencies. |
Genre/Form |
Case Reports.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Added Author |
Lee, Andrew G.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Emergencies in neuro-ophthalmology. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2010 9789814295017 (DLC) 2010011911 (OCoLC)468967688 |
ISBN |
9789814295024 (electronic book) |
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9814295027 (electronic book) |
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9789814295017 |
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9814295019 |
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