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Glaucoma: Diagnosis

Description: Glaucoma affects about 70 million people worldwide, over 6.7 million of whom are bilaterally blind. Glaucoma often remains undetected until significant optic nerve damage has occurred. There are very few symptoms to alert the physician to open angle glaucoma development and progression. This course covers the clinical presentation of and the diagnostic tests for the more common glaucomas: angle closure glaucoma, open angle glaucoma, and glaucomas associated with systemic disorders.

COURSE OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION
1. Course Information
2. Interface Tour
3. Course Overview

PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
4. Objectives
5. Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma
6. Open Angle Glaucoma
7. Other Glaucomas
8. Ocular Hypertension
9. Progress Check

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
10. Objectives
11. Optic Nerve Evaluation
12. Visual Field Testing
13. Structural Imaging
14. Applanation Tonometry
15. Pachymetry
16. Gonioscopy
17. Ultrasound Biomicroscopy
18. Progress Check

CONCLUSION
19. Summary

GLOSSARY/RESOURCES

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Students completing this course should be able to:

Differentiate between open angle glaucoma and narrow angle glaucoma
Describe glaucomas associated with different systemic diseases
List and describe diagnostic techniques used to evaluate glaucoma
Discuss the use of these techniques to evaluate glaucoma in clinical practice

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