Glaucoma screening : screening for open angle glaucoma, primary angle-closure and primary angle-closure glaucoma : the 5th consensus report of the World Glaucoma Association / edited by Robert N. Weinreb, Paul R. Healey and Fotis Topouzis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weinreb, Robert N., 1949-

Healey, Paul R.

Topouzis, Fotis.

World Glaucoma Association.

Series:

Consensus series (World Glaucoma Association) ; 5.

Consensus series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glaucoma--Diagnosis.

Glaucoma.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Kugler Publications, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the fifth glaucoma World Glaucoma Association Consensus. As with other consensus topics, the discussion and conclusions of Glaucoma Screening, the subject for the 2008 consensus, will have broad impact. The global faculty, consisting of leading authorities on various aspects of glaucoma screening, met in Fort Lauderdale on April 26, 2008 to discuss the reports and refine the consensus statements. The Consensus Panel also met at that time, as well as electronically during the subsequent four weeks.

Contents:

FACULTY; CONTENTS; PREFACE; WELCOME; SCREENING FOR OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA (OAG); IS OAG AN IMPORTANT HEALTH; IS THERE AN ACCEPTED AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH THE DISEASE THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING MORBIDITY WHEN INITIATED IN THE EARLY, ASYMPTOMATIC STAGE THAN WHEN BEGUN IN THE LATER,; ARE FACILITIES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AVAILABLE?; IS THERE AN APPROPRIATE, ACCEPTABLE, AND REASONABLY ACCURATE SCREENING TEST?; IS THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CONDITION, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT FROM LATENT TO MANIFEST DISEASE, ADEQUATELY UNDERSTOOD?

IS THE COST OF CASE FINDING (INCLUDING DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED) ECONOMICALLY BALANCED IN RELATION TO POSSIBLE EXPENDITURE ON MEDICAL CARE AS A WHOLE?SCREENING FOR PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE AND PRIMARY ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA; ARE ANGLE CLOSURE (AC) AND ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA (ACG) IMPORTANT HEALTH PROBLEMS?; IS THERE AN ACCEPTED AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA (ACG) THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING MORBIDITY WHEN INITIATED IN THE EARLY, ASYMPTOMATIC STAGE THAN WHEN BEG; ARE FACILITIES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AVAILABLE?

IS THERE AN APPROPRIATE, ACCEPTABLE, AND REASONABLY ACCURATE SCREENING TEST?; IS THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CONDITION, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT FROM LATENT TO MANIFEST DISEASE, ADEQUATELY UNDERSTOOD?; IS THE COST OF CASE FINDING (INCLUDING DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED) ECONOMICALLY BALANCED IN RELATION TO POSSIBLE EXPENDITURE ON MEDICAL CARE AS A WHOLE?; INDEX OF AUTHORS; SUMMARY CONSENSUS POINTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789062998494

9062998496

OCLC:

609842303