April 15, 2019

Features

Contact Lenses

Extended Depth-of-Focus Optics: A Guide for Optometrists

Newer devices are expanding your patients’ visual landscapes. Learn more about how they function.

New Tools to Tame Keratoconus

The OD’s armamentarium has never been so full and now includes everything from contact lenses to new medical procedures.

Cornea

Be an Ocular Foreign Body Fixer

You have the tools and the knowledge to be your community’s ocular foreign body expert. Here’s how to incorporate these skills into your practice.

Corneal Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

We review the clinical presentation and management of four conditions a routine slit lamp exam might reveal.

My Patient Has Recurrent Corneal Erosion…Now What?

Managing this condition right the first time may keep its recurrence at bay.

New Tools to Tame Keratoconus

The OD’s armamentarium has never been so full and now includes everything from contact lenses to new medical procedures.

Practice Management

Got a Special Interest? There’s a Group For That

These organizations can help take your career to the next level.

Departments

Chairside

Go Puddle-Jumping

Take a page out of my grandson’s book and jump in some mud puddles, metaphorically speaking. Just choose those puddles wisely.

Clinical Quandaries

Bad Pupil

When checking the cause of an APD, leave no question unanswered.

Coding Connection

RCE: Code Correctly, Again and Again

The condition may be frustrating to treat, but the coding doesn’t have to be.

Cornea and Contact Lens Q & A

Environmental Protection

External organisms cause more aggressive cases of microbial keratitis than those native to the eye. Daily disposable use reduces the risk.

Diagnostic Quiz

Socket Man

This patient's complaints of discomfort were not surprisingly associated with foreign body exposure.

Focus on Refraction

Hyperopia: What’s it Good For?

It’s why we can get through each day without experiencing extreme alterations in our vision.

Glaucoma Grand Rounds

Breaking it to the Broken

Delivering bad news requires compassion and confidence.

Ocular Surface Review

The Cornea’s Limited Vocabulary

With only five possible dysfunctions, it should be easy to figure out what’s wrong.

Outlook

Regaining Vision

Helping people see clearly is in optometry’s DNA. What can we do to make it more central to your day?

Retina Dilemmas

DR: See Something? Say Something

Now that treatment can slow progression and even reverse severity, optometrists can get at-risk patients into a regimen sooner.

Retina Quiz

Aries Rising

Can you identify the reason for this woman’s severe decrease in acuity?

Surgical Minute

Just Zap It

Floaters are a nuisance for everyone. When they affect vision, consider referring for vitreolysis.

Through My Eyes

Delegate and Refocus

The future calls for significant changes in optometric practice. Are you ready?