March 15, 2018

Features

Diagnostic Skills & Techniques

10 Tips and Helpful Hints for Neuro-ophthalmic Disease

Diligent testing and a suspicious mind can go a long way.

Electrodiagnostics in Today’s Practice

More ODs are turning their attention to advanced testing. Here’s what you need to know about this technology.

Test Your Diagnostic Acumen

Do you have what it takes to solve these five puzzlers?

Optometric Study Center

The When and Why of Ordering Blood Work

This is within most OD’s scope of practice—don’t be afraid to use it.

Departments

Chairside

1-Star: Obsessed with My Eyes

Those online reviews can be real knee-slappers—as long as they’re someone else’s.

Clinical Quandaries

Zoster or Imposter?

With a virus known to masquerade, a detailed history and full exam could be your only shot at an early diagnosis.

Coding Connection

The Buzz on Electrodiagnostics

While increasingly useful in the clinic, don’t assume coverage is automatic.

Cornea and Contact Lens Q & A

Scleral Battle: Oblate vs. Prolate

Some doctors prefer to use one scleral lens design over the other. Here’s why.

Diagnostic Quiz

Growing Pains

Neuro Clinic

The Upside of a Drooping Lid

A series of noninvasive in-office diagnostic tests can take the “grave” out of myasthenia gravis.

News Review

Retinal Infarction | Amblyopia Therapy | OD Surgical Fellowship

Ocular Surface Review

HA: No Laughing Matter

Most doctors don’t realize the extent to which we have or will have access to hyaluronic acid for dry eye in the United States.

Outlook

This Year’s Model

Technology advances by leaps and bounds but your responsibility remains the same.

Retina Quiz

Looking Through the Cracks

A patient’s fundus shows signs of an underlying disease.

Review of Systems

A Rare Syndrome in Your Chair

Some patients with flu-like symptoms and subretinal inflammation may actually have APMPPE, a disease of the eye with neurological and other systemic manifestations.

The Essentials

A Sign of Trouble

How to locate and identify a telltale finding that could prevent a near-future retinal detachment.

Therapeutic Review

Give Plugs a Chance

Today’s punctal occlusion options can serve more patients than ever.

Through My Eyes

It’s All Primary Eye Care Today

Before, you could only find advanced diagnostics in the secondary care fields. Today, they belong in every practice.

Urgent Care

Acting on an Epidemic

Here’s how to approach the clinical diagnosis and management of EKC.