Labs and Imaging for Primary Eye Care. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Labs and Imaging for Primary Eye Care

Are you an optometrist hesitant to order and utilize laboratory diagnostics or imaging for your patients? Are you a student uncomfortable or unsure where to start? Laboratory medicine and diagnostic imaging is necessary in caring for and properly managing your patients. Education, training, professional licensure, and scope of practice laws permit optometry with the ability to order and obtain these outside diagnostic studies as it relates to the eye and visual system. The goal of this book is to present pertinent high-yield clinical information and insight into common diagnostic labs and imaging most relevant to your daily practice. In this book you will discover:Clinical Rationale Labs & Imaging Useful in Primary Eye Care Example Cases Writing Scripts & Utilizing Results This book skips academic jargon and is a great starting point to become comfortable with ordering and utilizing lab and imaging results to more effectively manage your patients.

With 27 years as an Optometric Physician on the front lines prior to earning his MD, Dr. Martinelli now brings more than 35 years of private practice experience, combined with medicine, providing rare insight and guidance with respect to patient care philosophy. Dr. Martinelli is a graduate of St. George's University School of Medicine, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, as well as Washington & Jefferson College. He is a physician member of the American Medical Association (AMA), Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO), and the American Optometric Association (AOA).¿¿ His clinical articles have been featured over the years in various publications, and he also very much enjoys teaching, with more than a decade mentoring countless students as a private practice preceptor in ocular disease for the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Dr. Martinelli has spoken for Alcon and Allergan, as well as nationally and internationally with topics involving medical eye care, glaucoma, and refractive surgery such as LASIK.