Clinical Quandaries
Getting the Lay of the Land
Before cataract surgery, detect problems and ensure proper calculations with corneal topography.
10/15/2017
Headbanger’s Ball
A patient experiences vertical double vision following a recent fall, but the neuroimaging is normal. What’s causing his diplopia?
09/15/2017
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Buried and Benign
Drusen can be associated with field loss. Does this justify lowering IOP? The literature offers no recourse.
08/15/2017
What a Pain!
The profession fights to expand and maintain its privileges at every turn—they’re vital to providing care. Don’t take your DEA license for granted.
07/15/2017
Look Before You Leap
Some practitioners are ordering OCTs at the drop of a hat if the visual acuity is reduced. But often, all you need to do is dilate.
06/15/2017
A Spectre Over this Sector
Some cases of sector injection are not episcleritis, and you may have to jog your patient’s memory to find the true cause.
05/15/2017
Tonometry: To Dye For?
Even fundamental techniques deserve skepticism and reinvention.
04/15/2017
Getting Some Shut Eye
Complete ptosis can mean you’re dealing with a neurological issue. Get briefed on the work-up and what comes next.
03/15/2017
Got Milk?
A patient presents with bilateral vision loss and nothing obvious to explain it. What gives? It could be a milky nuclear sclerotic cataract.
02/15/2017
Cruisin’ to Heal a Bruisin’
When presented with ecchymosis, how thoroughly should you evaluate before you hand patients the frozen green beans and say, “rest up?”
01/15/2017
Upcoming Events
November 3-5, 2017
New Technologies & Treatments in Eye Care
Location: Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Program Chair: Paul Karpecki, OD, FAAO
Up to 18 CE Credits (COPE approval pending)
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Location: Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Program Chair: Paul Karpecki, OD, FAAO
Up to 18 CE Credits (COPE approval pending)
Register here
December 1-2, 2017
Retina Update 2017
Location: Sheraton Park Hotel, Anaheim, CA
Program Chair: Mohammad Rafieetary, OD
Up to 11 CE Credits (COPE approval pending)
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Location: Sheraton Park Hotel, Anaheim, CA
Program Chair: Mohammad Rafieetary, OD
Up to 11 CE Credits (COPE approval pending)
Register here
December 15-16, 2017
West Coast Optometric Glaucoma Symposium
Location: Hilton Hotel, Huntington Beach, CA
Program Chairs: Murray Fingeret, OD & Robert Weinreb, MD
Up to 12 CE Credits (COPE approval pending)
Register here
Location: Hilton Hotel, Huntington Beach, CA
Program Chairs: Murray Fingeret, OD & Robert Weinreb, MD
Up to 12 CE Credits (COPE approval pending)
Register here
Jobs
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Optometrist
The Center for Eye Care and Optical
10/21/2017 -
Ophthalmic Technician
California Eye Specialists
10/21/2017 -
Optometrist
Norwich Ophthalmology Group PC
10/21/2017
