Comanagement News

Throughout my youth, competitive swimming and soccer careers, I experienced a few concussions but recovered from them quickly. When I hit my head on a countertop at home as an adult, however, I had a very different experience.

Alzheimer’s disease and glaucoma possess overlapping epidemiological and pathological changes, according to a study published in Eye.

As more optometrists become an integral part of hospital systems, we are becoming the first, and sometimes only, eye care specialist for patients presenting with ocular emergencies after hours to emergency departments and hospital urgent care centers.

Many of us cite the statistic that cataract surgery is over 95% successful, meaning that most patients will have better vision. However, that statistic alone doesn’t describe the unexpected journey some will have to join the 95%.

The AAO announced its decision to host this year’s meeting, renamed Academy 2020 At Home, on an online platform.

A 74-year-old African American man presented for a glaucoma work-up after being identified as a glaucoma suspect due to enlarged cup-to-disc ratios at his annual exam a month prior.

Consistent and comprehensive communication between optometrists and ophthalmologists will always be the key to successful comanagement of cataract patients.

Ocular rosacea may appear as other complications such as dry eye or blepharitis, and about 20% of patients will have ocular findings before dermatologic evidence of rosacea, according to a study published in the Journal of American Academy of Dermatology.

Most ophthalmic educators stress the importance of pupils — excluding relative afferent pupillary defect — along with careful assessment of disc borders and confrontation visual fields to rule out optic nerve and visual pathway disorders.

Researchers from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, found that patients with any type of diabetic retinopathy were more likely than the general population to have depression, with a higher incidence seen in men and in younger patients.