Clinical Decision Making in Glaucoma

The diagnosis and management of glaucoma requires the clinician to make an ongoing series of decisions that start with whether glaucoma is present of the patient is simply at risk for the condition.  The decisions continue through the patient’s lifetime including whether to begin or advance therapy.  Using case presentations, this course reviews the different decisions that face the optometrist managing glaucoma and discusses alternatives for each decision.

Speakers:

• Fingeret, Murray

Key learning points:

1. Recognize signs of glaucomatous optic neuropathy.
2. Recognize the clinical appearance of the glaucomatous visual field.
3. Understand the decisions on how to manage individuals with elevated intraocular pressure.
4. Recognize the signs of glaucomatous progression.
5. Understand when early, pre-perimetric glaucomatous loss is present.

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