November 15, 2019

Features

Eyelids

A Close Look at Common Lid Lesions

Although benign most of the time, eyelid and periorbital lesions require careful diagnosis. These pearls can help you differentiate several you are likely to see.

At the Crossroads of Allergy, Dry Eye and Lid Disease

Any of these ocular surface issues can set off inflammation. Here’s how to get to the root of the problem.

In-Office and At-Home Lid Maintenance

Keeping dry eye at bay can require patients and ODs to adopt a new hygiene regimen. Here are some options.

Lashing Out: Dangerous Beauty Trends

If patients aren’t mindful of the steps they are taking to modify their ocular appearance, they may end up doing more harm than good.

Glaucoma

Overcoming Secondary Glaucomas

A proper understanding of the secondary glaucomas is paramount in providing swift and appropriate care.

Office Design

The Optometry Office Reimagined

These new spaces emphasize patient comfort as much as they do state-of-the-art technology and exceptional clinical care.

Departments

Chairside

Optometry, Shakespearean Style

The bard’s words still apply to our daily nuisances, don’t you think?

Clinical Quandaries

The Undercover Cataract

Keep it simple, and take the entire exam into consideration when evaluating nuclear sclerosis.

Coding Connection

Coding in More Ways Than One

When a patient has more than one condition concurrently, the medical record can get messy. Here’s how to stay on track.

Cornea and Contact Lens Q & A

Proceed With Caution

Dupixent is worth prescribing to eczema patients, but be on the lookout for associated ocular surface problems and know how to react if they present.

Diagnostic Quiz

Can’t Get the Red Out

What’s behind this eye’s discoloration?

Neuro Clinic

Be a Neuroanatomy Detective

Ischemic stroke might be hidden behind common eye complaints.

Outlook

A Tale of Two Academies

Dueling conferences present optometry as both savior and pariah. Neither paints a complete picture.

Retina Quiz

In Too Deep

Can imaging various retinal and choroidal layers help uncover the origin of this patient’s blurred and distorted vision?

Review of Systems

Common Tumor, Unlikely Location

Lymphoma may present anywhere in the body but is rare in the eye.

The Essentials

The Who and Why of MRI

Diffusion-weighted imaging can be crucial to confirm a number of ophthalmic disorders.

Therapeutic Review

Deliver Us From Noncompliance

Impending options can change how medicines are instilled.

Through My Eyes

Eyelids: Assess and Express

Optometrists should embrace MGD therapies and lid lesion exams to care for a vast number of patients.

Urgent Care

Find Infectious Keratitis’s Root

Treatment is dependent upon the cause of the issue. It’s on you to identify it.