September 15, 2017

Features

Dry Eye

Dry Eye and Systemic Disease: What’s the Association?

As principal gatekeepers, we need to be able to spot these cases right away.

Optometric Study Center

Understanding Today's State-of-the-art OCT Technology and Anticipating Tomorrow's

This family of devices has changed the way ODs diagnose and monitor disease. This guide explains when to use which application.

Retina

Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: How to Detect, How to Manage

Timely management is critical to successfully treating the most common form of detachments.

Technology

Downsize Your Technology to Enhance Your Practice

Here’s a look at the many handheld devices that can provide significant benefits for your practice.

How Early Diagnosis Can Improve AMD Outcomes

Functional tests are giving optometrists the ability to diagnose earlier and more precisely than ever.

Modernize Your Exam of Glaucoma Patients and Suspects

Additional testing can help you customize your glaucoma workup.

Your Phoropter on Steroids?

High-tech refraction systems tout greater accuracy, comfort and time savings. Skeptics ask if such gains justify choosing this over other practice-enhancing investments.

Departments

Chairside

Keep Your Enemies Close

Finally! I can justify snooping online at work—and you can, too.

Clinical Quandaries

Headbanger’s Ball

A patient experiences vertical double vision following a recent fall, but the neuroimaging is normal. What’s causing his diplopia?

Coding Connection

Combining Images, Not Codes

With new OCT technology comes new coding do’s and don’ts.

Diagnostic Quiz

No Case Too Small

Can you diagnose a 68-year-old female who presented to the clinic for an ocular health check with a chief complaint of difficulty reading?

Neuro Clinic

Tonic Pupil? Loosen Up

Often, practitioners are alarmed by acute isolated dilated pupils. This need not be the case.

News Review

Line-field OCT | Floaters | Brand Medications | Eye Infection

Outlook

Rise of the Machines

Four decades on, optometry still hasn’t bested its fears of automation. And that’s a good thing.

Product Review

Contact Lenses | Devices and Equipment | Artificial Tear

Retina Quiz

Through the Eyes of a Child

Can these images of a child with suspected poor distance vision reveal a diagnosis?

Review of Systems

Managing Migraine Headache

Migraine headache frequently has ocular symptoms and associations, and ODs need to be ready to care for these patients.

The Essentials

Do APDs Matter? It’s All Relative

Here are the staple points to consider about this important clinical marker.

Therapeutic Review

Make Your Brown Eyes Blue

A review of cosmetic procedures suggests that vanity often has a high cost.

Through My Eyes

Crank Up Your Clinic

It may be time to upgrade your tools to help you stay ahead of online competition—and ocular disease progression.