Evidence-Based Eye Care [Hardcover]

Peter J. Kertes (Editor), T. Mark Johnson (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781769647 | ISBN-13: 978-0781769648 | Publication Date: November 17, 2006 | Edition: 1

This volume offers every clinical ophthalmologist valuable guidance in implementing the results of the latest multicenter clinical trials in practice. Chapters on all major disease entities review all pertinent trials, bring these trials into a real-world setting, and show how the results should influence day-to-day patient management.

Coverage includes diseases in all ophthalmologic subspecialties—cornea/external disease, glaucoma, retina, pediatric ophthalmology, ocular oncology, neuro-ophthalmology, and oculoplastics. More than 170 illustrations, 92 in full color, complement the text. General ophthalmologists will have at their fingertips, in an easily digestible format, the current standard of patient care across the spectrum of ophthalmology.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 42, Issue 2 -- "If terms such as efficacy, effectiveness, relative risk ratio, absolute risk reduction, and number needed to treat are difficult for you to define, then Evidence-Based Eye Care is for you. This unique book is an overview of significant clinical studies that support the current standard of care in the various ophthalmic subspecialties. Significant information is provided that will be uniquely valuable to a wide audience. Importantly, the three main causes of blindness in the developing countries (age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma, are well covered. Residents reviewing the major subspecialties for board exams, comprehensive ophthalmologists keeping abreast of all areas of ophthalmology, and subspecialists interested in future direction of their area of focus, or the implications of major studies outside their area, will all find this book a good reference. It is an excellent guide to our clinical decision-making process and a valuable resource for critical appraisal of future studies." -- Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 edition (November 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781769647
• ISBN-13: 978-0781769648
• Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 7 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #982,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book should be on your office shelf, May 29, 2008

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Gail Forster - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evidence-Based Eye Care (Hardcover)

Hat's off to Dr Peter Kertes and Dr T Mark Johnson for bringing together a great group of authors and then editing this amazing and unique resource that should be a part of every resident and staff ophthalmologist's library. I freely state my bias having recently co-authored a paper with Dr Peter Kertes targeted to ophthalmic para professionals soon to be published in Eye Care Review titled "The Medical Managements of Wet Age Related Macular Degeneration, A Special Review for Ophthalmic Para Professionals" , and my connection to Dr Emily Chew, a fellow Torontonian and author of the foward to this ophthalmic staple. I have also recommended the chapter by Dr Sanjay Sharma to undergraduate summer research students just being introduced to medcial study design and outcome measures. For my peers, this book should be of interest to those who wish to come to a better understanding of how treatment modalities are selected on a case by case basis, as every ground breaking study is highlighted and explained in language that will be uderstood, even for their level. I have come to a better understanding of the value of learning through reading and writing from Peter Kertes, a natural born writer being the brother of Joseph Kertes whose newest work of fiction "Gratitude" (Penguin Group Canada) has recently been published.

Gail Forster
Ophthalmic Medical Technician
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center-Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service
Chair-Ophthalmic Assistants and Technicians Section, Academy of Ophthalmic Education
Editor-in-Chief-Eye Care Review, Ophthalmic Para Professionals Section