Special Skills and Techniques

Gretchen Beal Van Boemel COMT, PhD

ISBN 10 1-55642-349-7

ISBN 13 978-1-55642-349-9

272 pp Soft Cover

Pub. Date: 1999

Order# 63497

$43.95

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The Basic Bookshelf for Eyecare Professionals is a series that provides fundamental and advanced material with a clinical approach to clinicians and students. A special effort was made to include information needed for the certification exams in ophthalmic and optometric assisting, as well as for surgical assistants, opticians, plus low vision, and contact lens examiners.

This book moves beyond basic exam skills into the arena of more advanced diagnostic testing. Topics include biometry and echography, electrophysiology, psychophysical testing, and microbiology. Special tests such as exophthalmometry, pachymetry, and ophthalmoscopy are also covered. This is the ultimate how-to book for those performing detailed patient exams.

  

Partial Table of Contents

  •  Chapter 1. Diagnostic TestingExophthalmometryPachymetryThe PhotokeratoscopeCorneal TopographyPupillometryPupillographyOphthalmoscopy
  •  Chapter 2. Psychophysical TestingOverview of Psychophysical TestingAdvanced Color Vision Testing Dark Adaptometry TestingThe Macular Photostress TestThe Potential Acuity MeterThe Glare Test and the Brightness Acuity TestContrast Sensitivity
  •  Chapter 3. MicrobiologyOverviewOcular MicrobiologyIdentification of the Infectious AntigenThe Immune System
  •  Chapter 4. Axial Eye Length A-Scans and Intraocular Lens CalculationsAxial Eye LengthTechniques of Axial Eye Length A-ScansBrief ReviewProbe PlacementCalculating Axial Eye Lengths with the A-scan Echo PatternsConducting an Axial Eye Length ExaminationIOL Power Calculations
  •  Chapter 5. Diagnostic A- and B- Scan UltrasonographyBasic PrinciplesStandardized Echography Examination TechniquesB-Scan ExaminationA- and B- Scan Used TogetherIndications
  •  Chapter 6. ElectroretinographyIntroduction to the ElectroretinogramThe Full-Field ERGMaterials Needed for Recording the ERGRecording a Full-Field ERG According to International StandardsRecording a Dark-Adapted ERGRecording a Light-Adapted ERGConcluding...

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