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The Contact Lens Manual

A Practical Guide to Fitting

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Elsevier Health Sciences | 2010
ISBN13: 9780750675901
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Elsevier Health Sciences e druk, 2010 9780750675901
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The Contact Lens Manual continues to meet the needs of a new generation of optometrists, dispensing opticians, contact lens practitioners and students who require clear and reliable information for fitting a complete range of contact lenses.

The fourth edition of this best-selling classic, now in full colour throughout, provides the most up-to-date guidance in all aspects of today’s lenses in a practical and easy to use manual. Featuring new developments in lens types, care regimes, current practices, and electronic access to brand new video footage as well as a range of learning tools, this manual offers a complete package to help readers expand their lens knowledge, improve fitting and optimise patient care.The authors use a down-to-earth practical approach to distil years of experience into one handy volume. A bullet point style makes the information easily accessible. Key information is presented so it can be quickly located. Practical tips, clinical pearls, helpful advice, and warnings are presented in boxes so readers can see at a glance what to do. Features updates to all chapters and lens types with a wealth of new information on silicone hydrogels, toric soft lenses, rigid gas-permeable fitting and patient after care. Presents a new chapter on dry eyes with expert guidance on treatment and practical management advice. Includes an expanded illustration programme and page design with full colour throughout including colour-coded sections and boxes to highlight key information for easier learning. Electronic access to brand new video footage of lens and eye care regimes, along with over 100 clinical photographs, images from the book, simulations and calculation tools.

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ISBN13:9780750675901
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback

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<p>Preface </p> <p>How to use this book</p> <p>Common Abbreviations</p> <p> </p> <p>Section 1: Preliminaries</p> <p>1. Background</p> <p>2. Instrumentation</p> <p>3. Record Keeping</p> <p>4. Consulting room procedures and equipment</p> <p>5. Preliminary considerations and examination</p> <p>6. Dry eyes and the tear film</p> <p>7. Lens types and materials</p> <p><U></U> </p> <p>Section 2: Rigid Gas Permeable Lens Fitting</p> <p>8. Principles of rigid lens design</p> <p>9. Development of rigid lens design</p> <p>10. Rigid lens selection and fitting</p> <p>11. Fluorescein patterns and fitting</p> <p>12. Aspheric lenses</p> <p>13. Rigid lens specification and verification</p> <p>14. Orthokeratology and reverse geometry lenses</p> <p>Section 3: Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Fitting</p> <p>15. Soft lens fitting and design</p> <p>16. Soft lens fitting characteristics</p> <p>17. Other soft lens fitting considerations</p> <p>18. Disposable lenses and frequent (planned) replacement</p> <p>19. Silicone Hydrogels</p> <p>20. Soft lens specification and verification</p> <p>Section 4: Complex Lenses</p> <p>22. Toric rigid lenses</p> <p>23. Toric soft lenses</p> <p>24. Lenses for presbyopia</p> <p>25. Special lens features and applications</p> <p>Section 5: Management</p> <p>26. Care systems</p> <p>27. Lens collection and patient instruction</p> <p>28. Aftercare</p> <p>29. Aftercare Complications</p> <p>30. Additional Aftercare Procedures </p> <p>Section 6: Children and Therapeutic Lenses</p> <p>31. Contact lenses and children</p> <p>32. Therapeutic and Complex Lens Designs</p> <p>Glossary of contact lens-related terms</p> <p>Appendix</p> <p>Index</p>

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