The Slit Lamp Primer is the complete book on the slit lamp for the
ophthalmic and optometric office. Now updated into a second edition,
this user-friendly introduction to the slit lamp microscope highlights
the instrument's basic parts as well as examination and illumination
techniques.
Janice Ledford and Valerie Sanders explain more than just the
fundamentals of the slit lamp. Written in a conversational style with
supplemental photographs and diagrams, The Slit Lamp Primer delves
into issues concerning the normal, postoperative, and problematic eye.
Features of the patient history, including medications, are examined in
light of the possible slit lamp findings. Detailed notes for proper
documentation are included, along with tables to give guidelines for
subjective grading of the findings.
Updated and key features:
The examination of patients on various systemic medications with a list
of drugs that may have side effects visible with the slit lamp
The examination of post-operative patients, with a new section that
focuses on patients who have undergone refractive surgery
Up-to-date study icons, key points listed at the beginning of each
chapter, and "What the Patient Needs to Know" sidebars
Photographs and descriptions of parts and care of the slit lamp
Atlas of photographs of the normal eye
Photographs of pathology
Tables to assist in contact lens evaluation
The Slit Lamp Primer, Second Edition is a valuable addition to the
reference library of any ophthalmic and optometric paraprofessional or
student. Explore the workings of a useful and effective instrument with
the most practical and user-friendly book on the subject available
today.
