September 15, 2021

Features

Cornea

Crystalline Keratopathy: Etiologies, Ocular Manifestations and Treatment Protocols

Learn to distinguish the various clinical signs and perform the proper testing to uncover the underlying issue and initiate treatment.

Diagnostic Skills & Techniques

New Tools and Advanced Techniques for OSD Diagnosis

If you want to spot cases earlier and understand the patient’s status more deeply, these options can augment your dry eye work-up.

Diagnostic Technology

Can At-Home Monitoring Improve Optometric Care?

Doctors no longer make house calls, but devices can. These new tools can provide an abundance of data on how your patients do outside the exam room.

Retinal Imaging: See More Than Ever Before

Find out how advanced technology adds new layers of understanding that can improve care.

Take OCT to the Next Level

While you can get by using this technology for basic purposes, it offers so much more than meets the eye.

Optic Neuropathy

When Your Patient Complains of Ocular Pain

Asking the right questions is key to successfully sizing up this common symptom.

Retina

Retinal Imaging: See More Than Ever Before

Find out how advanced technology adds new layers of understanding that can improve care.

Systemic Disease

The Eye/Kidney Connection

Be vigilant for the ocular presentations of oculoretinal syndromes and renal disease.

Departments

Chairside

Chart It Like You Mean It

Writing it down doesn’t automatically make it true, but—trust me—you’re better off for it.

Clinical Quandaries

Up in Flames

Appropriate but aggressive therapy can make the difference.

Coding Connection

Remote Testing’s Impact

Monitoring patients at home can help you in the office.

Cornea and Contact Lens Q & A

MRI Contact Lens Considerations

Material impurities may interact with magnetic fields and cause problems for practitioners and patients alike.

Diagnostic Quiz

That’s Swell of You

A complex medical history complicates assessment of a recent-onset red eye.

Letters to the Editor

Feedback and ideas from the optometric community.

Outlook

Color in Black and White

An AMA editorial aims to clarify how race and ethnicity are discussed in journal articles—and the medical profession broadly.

Retina Quiz

Persistent Problems

Poor ocular history contributed to this recent diagnosis.

The Essentials

Tear Film Fighters

While often underappreciated, these important components serve to protect our eyes.

Through My Eyes

Rethinking Profitability

With changes from COVID-19 come opportunity. Applying more technology can help position your practice toward success.

Urgent Care

Tread Lightly

A traumatic tire explosion in a patient’s place of work was to blame for hundreds of corneal foreign bodies.