March 15, 2015

Features

Essential Procedures

How to Make Your Patients Stop Crying

Follow these simple steps to confidently perform lacrimal dilation and irrigation.

Case Report

Exam Reveals Subtle Macular Disease

A middle-aged patient was seeing spots, prompting an uncommon diagnosis of idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasis.

Diagnostic Skills & Techniques

Urgent and Chronic Causes of Diplopia

Double vision can originate from many conditions. Learn to recognize when this presentation is an emergency and when it’s indicative of a long-term issue.

A Lab in the Palm of Your Hand?

Point-of-care testing helps take the guesswork out of diagnosis by bringing data into the clinic—quickly.

Differential Diagnosis of Retinal Disease

Many retinal conditions can be easily confused. Can you spot the masqueraders?

Don't Overlook the Eyelids

A thorough eyelid examination can be critical to keeping your patients healthy. Here’s what you should look for.

Eyelids

Don't Overlook the Eyelids

A thorough eyelid examination can be critical to keeping your patients healthy. Here’s what you should look for.

Feature

Vision Expo East 2015: A Focus on Education

Contact lenses, wellness and ocular diseases are hot topics this year—as is new technology to keep Expo attendees engaged. See what else is in store for VEE 2015.

Optometric Study Center

Urgent and Chronic Causes of Diplopia

Double vision can originate from many conditions. Learn to recognize when this presentation is an emergency and when it’s indicative of a long-term issue.

Point of Care Testing

A Lab in the Palm of Your Hand?

Point-of-care testing helps take the guesswork out of diagnosis by bringing data into the clinic—quickly.

Retina

Differential Diagnosis of Retinal Disease

Many retinal conditions can be easily confused. Can you spot the masqueraders?

Departments

Chairside

Must the ‘No Shows’ Go On?

Those two little words will drive me to an early grave. Until then, I will spend my time concocting elaborate revenge plots against these patients.

Clinical Quandaries

Detached Staff, Detached Retina

A poorly handled phone call likely worsened this young woman’s outcome. Don’t let this happen to your patients.

Coding Connection

Coding Point-of-Care Testing

Take care when coding for point-of-care tests, and be aware that carrier rules are ever-changing.

Cornea and Contact Lens Q & A

Checks and Balances

Reestablishing a pH balance is key to controlling ocular damage from chemical burns.

Diagnostic Quiz

Salt and Pepper Fundus?

A patient's chief complaint is blurry vision at near. She has been medicated for arrhythmia and hypertension. Can you offer a diagnosis?

Letters to the Editor

Off-Label Use is Off Target?

Off-label uses are necessary for successful practice, yet they present us with dilemmas to navigate on a daily basis.

Neuro Clinic

Pale Disc Points to Trouble

An asymptomatic patient presented with optic disc pallor and asymmetric cupping. Neuroimaging found something more.

News Review

AOA to Oppose 1-800’s Pricing Bills in 14 States

1-800-Contacts backs legislation to ban UPP. AOA aims to rally states in opposition.

Drug-Delivering Nanowafer Shows Better Efficacy Than Topical Drops

Research shows a slow-release delivery system could improve treatment for CNV in mouse eyes.

Generic Glaucoma Drug Boosts Adherence by 25%, Study Says

The 2011 release of generic latanoprost gave patients a cheaper option—and researchers the opportunity to find out if cost was in fact a motivating factor.