Geriatric Ophthalmology A Competency-based Approach /

The elderly patient is not simply an "older adult." Geriatric patients have unique responses to treatment and disease: they often harbor co-morbidities that can impact evaluation, treatment, and prognosis. Often elderly patients may require specialized expertise or experience to deal with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Lee, Andrew G. (Editor ), Beaver, Hilary A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Temas:
Ophthalmology.
Geriatrics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Scope of the Problem and Demographic Shift in Population: Visual Disease Incidence and Prevalence in the Elderly Population
  • Refractive Error in the Geriatric Population
  • Cataracts and Cataract Surgery
  • Glaucoma in the Elderly
  • Diabetic Retinopathy and Its Management
  • Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Its Management
  • Low Vision: When Vision Fails
  • Visual Loss and Depression
  • Visual Loss and Dementia
  • Visual Loss and Hearing Loss
  • Visual Loss and Falls
  • Elder Abuse
  • Functional Impairment and Visual Loss
  • The Research Agenda-Setting Project (RASP)
  • Screening for Comorbidities
  • Refer Comorbidities.

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