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Navigating Glaucoma for Optometry Students
Regardless of whether you’re a first or a fourth-year optometry student, glaucoma is something we all must become familiar with for our profession. Though most optometry students spend a significant amount of time learning about the...
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Drug Chart – Glaucoma
This is one of the many articles that are based on providing the most up-to-date list on commonly prescribed medications and some valuable information about them. The first of these articles is about glaucoma, a progressive disease that...
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Glaucoma Awareness Month – Reading Perimetry
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month and to help diagnose glaucoma more efficiently we created this cheat sheet on automated threshold perimetry testing. Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is a chronic optic neuropathy characterized by...
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The 5 R’s of Glaucomatous Optic Nerve and RNFL Evaluation
If you’ve been in clinic for more than a few weeks, chances are you’ve noticed that diagnosing glaucomatous optic neuropathy is rarely black and white. Rather, the disease occurs on a continuum that can make the “suspect vs....
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Glaucoma Risk Calculator
This glaucoma risk calculator was created to identify the risk of ocular hypertensives to progress onto developing glaucoma. It uses major risk factors from the OHTS and EGPS studies, including: • Age • CD ratios • IOP...