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Libros en Optometría

  • Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology

    A Systematic Approach
    • 10 Edición
    • John F. Salmon
    • Inglés
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Optometry**Filled with stunning images and in-depth information on both common and rare ophthalmic diseases and disorders, Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology: A Systematic Approach, 10th Edition, is both a foundational knowledge source for trainees and a valuable reference for experienced practitioners. Dr. John Salmon, from the University of Oxford, has meticulously revised this classic text, retaining Dr. Kanski’s highly effective format of succinct text and visually dynamic presentation. Extremely well organized and comprehensive in scope, it provides authoritative, focused guidance on diagnosis and management, facilitating quick comprehension to enhance learning, aid exam preparation, and guide clinical practice.

  • System for Ophthalmic Dispensing

    • 4 Edición
    • Clifford W. Brooks
    • Inglés
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Optometry**Understan... and meet your patients’ eyewear needs with the reference that covers every aspect of dispensing ― from basic terminology to frame selection to eyewear fitting, adjusting, and repairing. System for Ophthalmic Dispensing, 4th Edition, provides a step-by-step system for properly fitting and adjusting eyewear, including the nuances of lens selection, making it an ideal resource both for students who are just learning about dispensing and practitioners who want to keep their skills up to date. Thorough discussions of every topic and hundreds of newly revised and enhanced review questions make this a one-stop educational and clinical resource for today’s eyecare professionals.

  • Degeneración macular asociada a la edad

    • 1 Edición
    • Weiye Li
    • Español
    Una visión única de la DMAE, una de las principales causas de ceguera en personas de edad avanzada, mediante la presentación de los últimos estudios basados en la evidencia y la conversión de sus hallazgos en un conocimiento práctico y concreto. Incluye guías clínicas sobre el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de la DMAE, que com prenden la clasificación, los signos y los síntomas, las pruebas de imagen y el diagnós tico diferencial tanto en la era previa a la aparición de la tomografía de coherencia óptica como en la actual, y presenta información actualizada sobre los tratamientos en desarrollo. Explica la genética molecular y los eventos patogénciso de la DMAE desde los punvtos de vista clínicos y de la ciencia básica, lo que invita a buscar nuevas dianas terapéuticas. Contiene más de 112 ilustraciones en color obtenidas con técnicas de imagen mul - timodales que muestran con claridad la fisiopatologí y la patologí clíica de la DMAE. Gracias a su orientación eminentemente práctica y clínica, así como por las nuevas estrategias terapéuticas que presenta, este libro constituye una referencia esencial para oftalmólogos, optometristas e investigadores.

  • Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System

    • 4 Edición
    • Lee Ann Remington + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Providing the ocular anatomy and physiology content needed for a thorough comprehension of this complex field, Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System, 4th Edition, offers a solid foundation for recognizing and understanding specific clinical situations and how they relate to anatomic structure. This concise, well-referenced resource covers the clinical anatomy of the eye, its adnexa and visual pathways, and histologic information—the information you need for success in coursework, certification exams, and clinical practice.

  • Pickwell's Binocular Vision Anomalies

    • 6 Edición
    • Bruce J. W. Evans
    • Inglés
    Now in a fully up-to-date 6th Edition, Pickwell's Binocular Vision Anomalies provides a practical introduction to binocular vision, offering comprehensive theory, how-to clinical guidance, and a summary of current research in a single, consolidated volume. Ideally suited for both students and clinicians, this bestselling text serves as an accessible, evidence-based reference when faced with binocular vision or pediatric challenges.

  • Contact Lenses

    • 6 Edición
    • Anthony J. Phillips + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Completely revised with the latest advances, evidence, and standards needed for everyday practice, Contact Lenses, 6th Edition, remains a definitive work on this multi-faceted topic, ideal for optometrists, dispensing opticians, ophthalmologists, and contact lens practitioners. This classic, superbly designed text is perfectly suited for health care professionals, providing all of the essential knowledge needed in one convenient volume.

  • Contact Lens Complications

    • 4 Edición
    • Nathan Efron
    • Inglés
    In this thoroughly updated fourth edition, award-winning contact lens author, lecturer, and researcher, Professor Nathan Efron, presents an easily accessible, systematic account of how to identify, understand, and manage contact lens complications. Professor Efron is renowned for his ability to distil often-complex principles of ocular physiology and pathology into a clinically-friendly format. The subject matter is arranged logically by tissue structure – which is the way practitioners naturally approach clinical problems. Beautifully presented and lavishly illustrated with full-color schematic diagrams and clinical pictures, this book can serve as both a practical chair-side manual and authoritative reference.

  • Optometría. Aspectos avanzados y consideraciones especiales

    • 1 Edición
    • Robert Montés Micó
    • Español
    Obra de texto que presenta, entre otras cuestiones, las peculiaridades del examen antopométrico en pacientes de características especiales, así como la cirugía refractiva, la farmacología, etc. En la obra participan profesores de las universidades españolas en las que se imparten los estudios de Óptica y Optometría y también destacados expertos tanto nacionales como internacionales con una destacada trayectoria profesional. Se acompaña de un valioso material complementario online que consta de: 40 casos clínicos, 13 vídeos sobre contactología especializada, una galería de imágenes a todo color y material de apoyo.

  • Optometría. Principios básicos y aplicación clínica

    • 1 Edición
    • Robert Montés Micó
    • Español
    Libro de texto en el que se combinan los principios básicos de la optometría con su aplicación clínica, para así unir ambos enfoques, presentar las técnicas actuales para su estudio y dar una visión clara de la aplicación de dichas técnicas en pacientes. Aborda la actualización de las nuevas técnicas de Óptica y Optometría que se llevan a cabo en la práctica clínica diaria. Incluye el recurso online en ingles Student Consult, el cual contiene: preguntas de autoevaluación, casos clínicos, galería de imágenes y vídeos que recogen las principales técnicas.

  • The Contact Lens Manual

    A Practical Guide to Fitting
    • 4 Edición
    • Andrew Gasson + 1 más
    • Inglés
    The Contact Lens Manual continues to meet the needs of a new generation of optometrists, dispensing opticians, contact lens practitioners and students who require clear and reliable information for fitting a complete range of contact lenses. The fourth edition of this best-selling classic, now in full colour throughout, provides the most up-to-date guidance in all aspects of today’s lenses in a practical and easy to use manual. Featuring new developments in lens types, care regimes, current practices, and electronic access to brand new video footage as well as a range of learning tools, this manual offers a complete package to help readers expand their lens knowledge, improve fitting and optimise patient care.

  • Contact Lens Practice

    • 2 Edición
    • Nathan Efron
    • Inglés
    Thoroughly revised and updated, this popular book provides a comprehensive yet easy to read guide to modern contact lens practice. Beautifully re-designed in a clean, contemporary layout, this second edition presents relevant and up-to-date information in a systematic manner, with a logical flow of subject matter from front to back. This book wonderfully captures the ‘middle ground’ in the contact lens field … somewhere between a dense research-based tome and a basic fitting guide. As such, it is ideally suited for both students and general eye care practitioners who require a practical, accessible and uncluttered account of the contact lens field.

  • Business Aspects of Optometry

    • 3 Edición
    • Association of Practice Management Educa
    • Inglés
    Count on this complete guide to setting up and managing an optometric practice! Business Aspects of Optometry covers everything related to the business side of a practice — such as selecting a location and staff, equipping the office, office administration and personnel management, marketing, options for a specialty practice, controlling costs, billing and reimbursement, risk management, and financial planning. To succeed in practice, this is the one resource you need!

  • Optometry: Science, Techniques and Clinical Management

    • 2 Edición
    • Mark Rosenfield + 1 más
    • Inglés
    An introduction to the theory and practice of optometry in one succinct volume. From the fundamental science of vision to clinical techniques and the management of common ocular conditions, this book encompasses the essence of contemporary optometric practice. Now in full colour and featuring over 400 new illustrations, this popular text which will appeal to both students and practitioners wishing to keep up to date has been revised significantly. The new edition incorporates recent advances in technology and a complete overview of clinical procedures to improve and update everyday patient care. Contributions from well-known international experts deliver a broad perspective and understanding of current optometric practice. A useful aid for students and the newly qualified practitioner, while providing a rapid reference guide for the more experienced clinician.

  • Clinical Ocular Pharmacology

    • 5 Edición
    • Jimmy D. Bartlett + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Written by experts in the field, this comprehensive resource offers valuable information on the practical uses of drugs in primary eye care. Discussions of the pharmacology of ocular drugs such as anti-infective agents, anti-glaucoma drugs, and anti-allergy drugs lead to more in-depth information on ocular drugs used to treat a variety of disorders, including diseases of the eyelids, corneal diseases, ocular infections, and glaucoma. The book also covers ocular toxicology, focusing on drug interactions, ocular effects of systemic drugs, and life-threatening systemic emergencies.

  • Clinical Medicine in Optometric Practice

    • 2 Edición
    • Bruce Muchnick
    • Inglés
    This updated new edition is a practical guide to the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of systemic disorders as they relate to primary eye care. It incorporates a multidisciplinary approach, from the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms, to testing and diagnosis methods, to medical and surgical management. Clinical Medicine in Optometric Practice, 2nd Edition provides the reader with the information needed to make informed decisions about patient management, such as identifying symptoms and their related disorders, and knowing when to refer patients to a medical specialist.

  • Clinical Optics and Refraction

    A Guide for Optometrists, Contact Lens Opticians and Dispensing Opticians
    • 1 Edición
    • Andrew Keirl + 1 más
    • Inglés
    It provides a comprehensive and clinically based guide to visual optics. With its suggested routines and numerous examples, this new book offers a straightforward "how to approach" to the understanding of clinical optics, refraction and contact lens optics. Designed for easy access, it presents information in a concise format that highlights key, need-to-know points. Part 1 addresses the basic visual optics of the eye along with emmetropia, ametropia and the correction of ametropia with spectacle lenses. Part 2 turns to the optics of contact lenses and the use of contact lenses in vision correction.

  • Pickwell's Binocular Vision Anomalies

    • 5 Edición
    • Bruce J. W. Evans
    • Inglés
    Going from strength to strength, this best-selling book on binocular vision anomalies is now in its fifth edition. Maintaining its popular and practical ‘how-to’ approach, it has been thoroughly updated and expanded to provide an excellent practice reference for all optometrists, orthoptists, ophthalmologists and dispensing opticians. Now with an easy-to-use 2 colour layout and redrawn diagrams the new edition is more accessible than ever. Covering the latest evidence-based research it provides an emphasis on the clinical applications for every eyecare practitioner.

  • Bennett and Rabbett's Clinical Visual Optics

    • 4 Edición
    • Ronald B. Rabbetts
    • Inglés
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The fourth edition of this classic textbook has been brought thoroughly up to date with revised chapters on Ocular Aberrations, Visual Examination of the Eye, and Distribution and Ocular Dioptics of Ametropia. New contributors have been added and the book has been completely redesigned using colour to offer a more accessible layout and enhance the many line illustrations. The new companion website has valuable additional resources including a simulation of subjective refraction, video clips showing clinical procedures and extra appendices to the book.

  • System for Ophthalmic Dispensing

    • 3 Edición
    • Clifford W. Brooks + 1 más
    • Inglés
    The ultimate ophthalmic dispensing reference, this book provides a step-by-step system for properly fitting and adjusting eyewear. It covers every aspect of dispensing — from basic terminology to frame selection to eyewear fitting, adjusting, and repairing. Perfect for both students who are just learning about dispensing and practitioners who want to keep their skills up to date, this resource offers in-depth discussions of all types of lenses, including multifocal, progressive, absorptive, safety, recreational, aspheric, and high index. Plus, it goes beyond the basics to explore the "how" and "why" behind lens selection, to help you better understand and meet your patients' vision needs.

  • Optical Formulas Tutorial

    • 2 Edición
    • Ellen D. Stoner
    • Inglés
    Designed for students and professionals preparing for the ABO certification exam or wishing to quickly brush up on optical formulas, this easy-to-use workbook contains optical formulas, definitions, and walk-through problems with practical examples throughout. Rather than searching through dozens of optics books, readers will find all relevant information here in one source. Coverage includes everything from sine, cosine and tangent to resultant prism and resolving prism to polarized filters - and much more!

  • Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System

    • 3 Edición
    • Lee Ann Remington + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Taking the place of the multiple texts traditionally needed to cover visual anatomy and physiology, Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System, 3rd Edition dramatically lightens your load by providing one book that covers it all! This concise, well-referenced resource contains information on the clinical anatomy of the eye, its adnexa and visual pathways, histologic information, plus newly added content on physiology of the human ocular structures. Vivid illustrations complement the text and provide clinical information on diseases and disorders that represent departures from normal clinical anatomy.

  • The Professional Qualifying Examinations

    A Survival Guide for Optometrists
    • 1 Edición
    • Frank Eperjesi + 2 más
    • Inglés
    The Professional Qualifying Examinations can be a daunting prospect for any optometry student. This survival guide provides down to earth practical help for all those about to sit the PQEs. Brimming with sound advice and lots of useful hints and tips, it covers everything from applying for a pre-registration position, the pre-reg year diary, exams, venues, accommodation and achieving examination success through to over 500 past examination questions in the various PQE topics from binocular vision to contact lenses.A gold-mine of useful information and practical advice, this book will help you achieve examination success and go on to be a competent optometrist.

  • Optics

    • 11 Edición
    • Mike Freeman + 1 más
    • Inglés
    An understanding of the fundamental principles of geometrical and physical optics is essential for any student engaged in the study of the visual sciences, but the non-physicist needs a text which clearly explains these notoriously difficult concepts in order to apply them to the practical and clinical aspects of vision. Optics by Freeman and Hull fulfils this requirement admirably.

  • Essentials of Ophthalmic Lens Finishing

    • 2 Edición
    • Clifford W. Brooks
    • Inglés
    Highly readable and packed with instructional photos and drawings, this book also features a separate kit for practicing lens edging layout at home. Proficiency tests for self-assessment are included for each chapter and are an excellent review for examinations.

  • Optical Training

    Skills and Procedures
    • 1 Edición
    • Davey M. Wooton
    • Inglés
    Opticianry is a large and growing ophthalmic specialty. This practical resource provides readers with a basic working knowledge of optics and office procedures. Offering a solid foundation of "need to know" information within about 4 weeks, this handbook is an ideal, basic reference for the non-optician receiving on-the-job training.

  • The Dry Eye

    A Practical Approach
    • 1 Edición
    • Sudi Patel + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This invaluable text covers the successful management of dry eye conditions very succinctly and in a way relevant for the modern practitioner or student. Setting goals and treatment objectives, and brimming with sound practical advice, it adopts a clinical decision-making approach to the subject. Management and treatment options are prioritised and evidence-based.An essential pocket reference for all students and practitioners treating dry eye conditions including ophthalmologists, optometrists, dispensing opticians, ophthalmic nurses and all those involved in the management of these challenging conditions.

  • Investigative Techniques and Ocular Examination

    • 1 Edición
    • Sandip Doshi + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Based on a highly successful series of articles published through the "Optician" journal, this text outlines the range of clinical ocular investigative techniques available to the optometrist and dispensing optician. High-quality, full-color illustrations accompany clear descriptions of all clinical procedures associated with effective ocular examination, from the basics of how to use the slit lamp to more complex visual field assessments such as the examination of ocular blood flow. Clinical, comprehensive and contemporary, this practical text relates knowledge to practice by outlining the benefits, advantages, disadvantages, and pitfalls of each procedure, as well as when and where to use it. This book is an invaluable clinical handbook for anyone involved in the examination of the eye.

  • Optometric Practice Management

    • 2 Edición
    • Irving Bennett
    • Inglés
    Filled with practical strategies for addressing the problems of day-to-day practice, this explains how to promote business and marketing skills without detracting from the professionalism of the optometrist.

  • Diagnosing and Treating Computer-Related Vision Problems

    • 1 Edición
    • James E. Sheedy + 1 más
    • Inglés
    With visual symptoms occurring in fifty to ninety percent of workers using computers, this practical guide provides careful diagnosis and treatment of visual conditions which can cause visual syndromes. This authoritative text further provides an assessment of the visual ergonomics of a patient's work station, and makes suggestions to reduce the visual demands of a task.

  • Law in Optometric Practice

    • 1 Edición
    • Stephen P. Taylor
    • Inglés
    Law in Optometric Practice provides an authoritative guide to the running of an optometric practice and the legal framework in which an optometrist must work. Due to extensive changes within the field, this book provides the most up-to-date and reliable source of information for all those working in optometric practice.

  • Amblyopia

    A Multidisciplinary Approach
    • 1 Edición
    • Merrick Moseley + 1 más
    • Inglés
    A contemporary text, it contains essential information to bring vision-care practitioners totally up to date with the many recent developments in research. Analytical, informative and rigorously edited, the book includes chapters from a group of highly acclaimed international experts specialized in the diverse aspects of amblyopia research. The text provides a long-awaited and unique compilation of data and opinion, draws conclusions and identifies key areas for future research. It reviews the subject from diagnosis to management and provides all the necessary scientific background to this condition.With its broad appeal, this book will be an essential purchase for all ophthalmologists, optometrists and orthoptists. Indeed it will appeal to all those who are perplexed by amblyopia - whether in terms of appreciating the diversity of research findings or by the management of questions commonly asked in the consulting room.

  • Spectacle Lenses

    Theory and Practice
    • 1 Edición
    • Colin Fowler + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This up-to-date text offers a practical approach to the theory and practice of how spectacle lenses are made and how they work in correcting vision. It also covers the more fundamental aspects of spectacle lens dispensing with relevance to areas such as visual optics and geometric optics.

  • Eyecare Business

    Marketing and Strategy
    • 1 Edición
    • Gary L. Moss + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Eyecare Business: Marketing and Strategy will help you gain a competitive edge in the changing world of eyecare.

  • Optics of the Human Eye

    • 1 Edición
    • David Atchison + 1 más
    • Inglés
    The book is divided into a number of short chapters with each chapter dedicated to a single theme. For ease of reference, the most commonly useful topics are at the beginning and topics with narrower appeal, such as ocular aberrations, are placed towards the end. The book is divided into 5 sections, covering:* basic optical structure of the human eye* image formation and refraction of the eye (including refractive errors of the eye, measurement and correction) * interactions between light and the eye, considering transmission, reflection and scatter in the media of the eye and at the fundus* aberrations and retinal image quality* depth of field copics and age related changes in the optics of the eyeThe book concludes with 4 appendices, covering mathematics relating to paraxial optics, aberrations theory and image quality criteria and construction data, optical parameters and the aberrations of a number of schematic eyes.

  • Business Awareness for Optometrist

    A Primer
    • 1 Edición
    • Nizar Hirji
    • Inglés
    This book will equip the student and all those starting out in the optometric field with the basic business insight necessary for setting up in practice and to begin understanding the commercial aspects of the optical industry. Covering issues from employing staff to marketing; practice layout and design to aspects of the law, this text is an indispensable practical handbook for student and practitioner optometrists and dispensing opticians.

  • Low Vision

    Principles and Practice
    • 4 Edición
    • Christine Dickinson
    • Inglés
    Low Vision is organised for quick and easy reference with sections on definitions of the condition and its causes, magnification and other strategies for improving performance, and clinical procedures used in the assessment of vision and prescribing of aids.The theoretical background to aids and strategies employed is given in detail but there is also abundant practical advice and an indication of the way in which the optometrist's role is integrated with that of other professionals dealing with low-vision patients. It will be of interest to dispensing opticians, orthoptists and rehabilitation workers who also come into contact with this patient group.

  • Myopia and Nearwork

    • 12 Edición
    • Mark Rosenfield + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Myopia is the technical term for short sightedness. It means that images of distant objects are focused in front of the retina when accommodation is relaxed and thus distance vision is blurred. Many texts describe the measurement of refractive error in myopia and how to correct it by conventional means, but very few discuss the condition in detail. Our book will discuss:prevalencemy... and near visual activitystructure of myopic eyesanimal studiesaccommodation and myopiainnervationver... and myopiatreatment - behavioural approaches, control, spectacles, contact lenses, including OrthoK, laser surgery.

  • Multiple Choice Questions in Optometry

    • 1 Edición
    • Katherine Oliver + 1 más
    • Inglés
    MCQs form an integral part of undergraduate teaching programmes and in assessment for professional qualification. This book presents over 200 multiple choice questions ranging from basic aspects of visual optics, ocular structure and function and appropriate drug actions, to the application and interpretation of clinical techniques in optometry. The corresponding answers are a statement of the preferred choice and include explanatory notes, where appropriate. In every case there is a recommended reading list which draws on relevant books and journals that are widely available. An essential revision aid, MCQs in Optometry will prove invaluable to candidates studying for British and other European examinations in optometry as well as to students and practitioners of optometry world-wide. Ophthalmologists preparing for their examinations will find many helpful elements in these questions, answers and references.

  • Eye Movement Basics For The Clinician

    • 1 Edición
    • Kenneth Ciuffreda
    • Inglés
    Using a clinically oriented framework, this reference describes the basic aspects of eye movement control as well as clinical implications and practical use. Covers basic eye movement systems and eye movement recording systems along with listings of the various types, costs and characteristics of each. Extensive use of graphics, case studies and original eye movement recordings makes it an easy-to-use resource.

  • Professional Communications in Eye Care

    • 1 Edición
    • Ellen Richter Ettinger
    • Inglés
    A must-have reference to develop effective communication skills to optimize the delivery of clinical care. Specific strategies for interaction are discussed and illustrated in clinical case studies.

  • Cataract

    Detection, Measurement and Management in Optometric Practice
    • 1 Edición
    • William A. Douthwaite + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Cataract affects at least fifty million people worldwide. Conventional methods of correction have always been thick spectacles and surgery. With the current changes in the approach to cataract treatment, the optometrist's role in the early detection and management of cataract is crucial.

  • The Geometrical Optics Workbook

    • 1 Edición
    • David S. Loshin
    • Inglés
    This workbook is designed to supplement optics textbooks and covers all the traditional topics of geometrical optics. Terms, equations, definitions, and concepts are discussed briefly and explained through a series of problems that are worked out in a step-by-step manner which simplifies the problem-solving process. Additional practice problems are provided at the end of each chapter.