A practical manual of diabetic retinopathy management / Peter H. Scanlon ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scanlon, Peter H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diabetic retinopathy--Diagnosis--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Diabetic retinopathy.

Diabetic retinopathy--Treatment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Diabetic Retinopathy--diagnosis.

Diabetic Retinopathy--therapy.

Diabetic retinopathy--Treatment.

Diabetic retinopathy--Diagnosis.

Medical Subjects:

Diabetic Retinopathy--diagnosis.

Diabetic Retinopathy--therapy.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xviii, 214 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Diabetic retinopathy management

Place of Publication:

Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Summary:

Another title in the award winning 'Practical Manual' series from Wiley-Blackwell, following on from Edmonds, Foster and Sanders' A Practical Manual of Diabetic Foot Care - winner of the British Medical Association's Medical Book of the Year Award 2004.

This practical clinical manual covers the diagnosis, treatment and long-term management of eye problems in people with diabetes, with a strong emphasis on the importance of early diagnosis.

Edited and authored by world-renowned experts from leading centres, A Practical Manual of Diabetic Retinopathy Management presents evidence-based guidance relevant for a global audience.

High quality photographs uniquely illustrate the lesions that occur in diabetic retinopathy and diagrams show the surgical techniques involved in vitreoretinal surgery for advanced stages of the disease

Numerous real life case histories demonstrate the scenarios that one is likely to come across in a clinic treating patients with diabetic retinopathy

The best colour guide to the spectrum of changes that occur in diabetic retinopathy

This book is a richly illustrated manual on the management of all stages of diabetic retinopathy, ideal for diabetologists, general endocrinologists who see patients with diabetes, retinal screeners, ophthalmologists and any other healthcare professionals involved in the care and management of diabetes.

Contents:

Diabetes / David R. Matthews and Peter H. Scanlon

Lesions and classifications of diabetic retinopathy / Peter H. Scanlon

Screening for diabetic retinopathy / Peter H. Scanlon

Stage R0: the normal eye / Stephen J. Aldington

Stage M1: maculopathy / Peter H. Scanlon

Stage R1: mild non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (background diabetic retinopathy) / Peter H. Scanlon

Stage R2: moderate and severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (preproliferative diabetic retinopathy) / Peter H. Scanlon

Stage R3: proliferative diabetic retinopathy and advanced diabetic retinopathy / Peter H. Scanlon

Stage R3 with M1: proliferative diabetic retinopathy with maculopathy / Peter H. Scanlon

The stable treated eye / Peter H. Scanlon

The surgical approach to the diabetic eye / Charles P. Wilkinson

Pregnancy and the diabetic eye / Peter H. Scanlon

Low vision and blindness from diabetic retinopathy / Peter H. Scanlon

Future advances in the management of diabetic retinopathy / Peter H. Scanlon

Other retinal conditions that are more frequent in diabetes / Stephen J. Aldington and Peter H. Scanlon

Conditions with appearances similar to diabetic retinopathy / Stephen J. Aldington and Peter H. Scanlon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781405170352

1405170352

OCLC:

232340221

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