June 15, 2020

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Neuro

Bring Concussion Care Into Your Practice

Adapt to the problems these patients present during treatment, and be an advocate for preventative measures.

Retina

Macula Exam Tips and Tricks

This small structure plays an important role in patients’ vision. Here’s how you can assess its health.

Reconsider Your Approach to Diabetic Retinopathy

New findings may create protocols that minimize, or even prevent, vision loss.

Setting Patient Expectations for Anti-VEGF Therapy

Here’s how the primary care optometrist can make sure patients are ready for intravitreal injections.

Sizing Up Geographic Atrophy

Here’s how you can assist patients who have progressed to this stage of macular degeneration.

Tracing Clues Back to Retinitis Pigmentosa

Evaluating this condition can prove to be a genetic mystery.

Systemic Disease

Racing the Rundle Against Thyroid Eye Disease

A new clinical approach to this condition may give patients a fighting chance at recovery.

Departments

Chairside

Masks Up, Shields Up

Keeping everyone safe during COVID-19 might kill some much-needed brain cells in the process.

Clinical Quandaries

COVID Collateral

Digging into an anxious patient’s history and medication use often reveals the answer.

Coding Connection

Don’t Run Afoul of Imaging Rules

Here’s why the CCI edits matter when coding for your high-tech retinal exam.

Cornea and Contact Lens Q & A

Grab BKC by the Horns

The severity of this case requires equally aggressive action.

Diagnostic Quiz

Back on the Horse

A patient returns after years away from the OD, perhaps just in the nick of time.

Focus on Refraction

A Case of Pediatric Prescribing

Here’s an example of how to approach vision care for these young patients.

Glaucoma Grand Rounds

The Dangers of DNR

In glaucoma, optometrists can do more than detect and refer.

Neuro Clinic

Work-up and Wait

Although generally not treated, NAION requires close visual field monitoring.

Ocular Surface Review

Noninvasive Ptosis Management

Medical advances are offering more options for these patients.

Outlook

Prescription Change

Optometric education has caught up with our annual drug guide, so it’s evolving to meet the needs of today.

Retina Quiz

A Family Affair

Three boys have poor night vision—can imaging of one explain its cause?

Surgical Minute

Keep This MIGS On The Radar

Surgeons have much to gain when they add the Hydrus Microstent to their arsenal.

Through My Eyes

Shift Focus to Must-see Patients

Even amid COVID-19 worries, caring for patients with retinal disease is a necessity.