Search:

Product Information All Elsevier Sites   Advanced Product Search
SiteStat.jsp
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Ophthalmology
A Symptom-Based Approach
To order this title, and for more information, click here
Third Edition

By
Hector Chawla, MBChB(StAnd), DO(Lond), DRCOG(Lond), FRCS(Edin), FRCOphth, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh; Examiner, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK

Description
New for the third edition:

Text is updated and revised
A new design and layout
Replacement and new improved illustrations
More information on how to pass exams
The text has been re-ordered to provide a problem-solving approach

Contents
Acknolwedgements; Preface; The normal eye; A common process at work in a special organ; What patients complain about - the five symptoms; The ophthalmic ritual; Change of appearance; Pain; Watering (and discharge); Disturbance of vision; Loss of vision; The three serious causes of a red eye; Common disorders of the outer eye; Glaucoma; The cranial nerves; Nystagmus; The pupil reflexes - normal and abnormal; Double vision; The normal disc and some disc anomalies; Squint in childhood; Trauma; The vascular retinopathies; Hypertension; Diabetic retinopathy; Other vascular anomalies; Retinoblastoma; The management of refractive errors; Miscellany of words, drugs and rarities; Visual standards; Epilogue

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 224 pages, publication date: SEP-1999
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-3979-8
ISBN-10: 0-7506-3979-2
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN


049/435
Last update: 30 Oct 2009
Book contents
Table of contents
Reviews
Submit your review
Bookmark this page
Recommend this publication
Overview of all books
Printer-friendly version   Printer-friendly version