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Main description:
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 bookis 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.
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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 bookis 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:
Acknowledgements vii
Prologue ix
Peter H. Scanlon
1 Introduction 1
Peter H. Scanlon
2 Diabetes 17
David R. Matthews & Peter H. Scanlon
3 Lesions and classifications of diabetic retinopathy 30
Peter H. Scanlon
4 Screening for diabetic retinopathy 46
Peter H. Scanlon
5 Stage R0: the normal eye 58
Stephen J. Aldington
6 Stage M1: maculopathy 70
Peter H. Scanlon
7 Stage R1: mild non–proliferative diabetic retinopathy (background diabetic retinopathy) 99
Peter H. Scanlon
8 Stage R2: moderate and severe non–proliferative diabetic retinopathy (preproliferative diabetic retinopathy) 104
Peter H. Scanlon
9 Stage R3: proliferative diabetic retinopathy and advanced diabetic retinopathy 109
Peter H. Scanlon
10 Stage R3 with M1: proliferative diabetic retinopathy with maculopathy 133
Peter H. Scanlon
11 The stable treated eye 137
Peter H. Scanlon
12 The surgical approach to the diabetic eye 144
Charles P. Wilkinson
13 Pregnancy and the diabetic eye 151
Peter H. Scanlon
14 Low vision and blindness from diabetic retinopathy 160
Peter H. Scanlon
15 Future advances in the management of diabetic retinopathy 171
Peter H. Scanlon
16 Other retinal conditions that are more frequent in diabetes 178
Stephen J. Aldington & Peter H. Scanlon
17 Conditions with appearances similar to diabetic retinopathy 194
Stephen J. Aldington & Peter H. Scanlon
Glossary 203
Index 207
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley–Blackwell)
Publication date: March, 2009
Pages: 232
Dimensions: 197.00 x 257.00 x 17.14
Weight: 756g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Diseases and Disorders, Endocrinology
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