(1) The differential diagnosis of viral retinitis is mainly based on the evaluation of the clinical findings by the ophthalmologist; for confirmation of the diagnosis, immunohistological testing is necessary.
(2) The ophthalmologist must explain to the child and the parents that dyslexia usually has no ophthalmological or visual cause but is a disability with a neurobiological background, still unknown, in which the only efficient treatment is within the area of pedagogy.
(3) A prospective study was performed by 30 ophthalmologists to determine the prevalence of exfoliation syndrome (ES) in different areas of France and its relationship with glaucoma.
(4) Knowledge of the incidence of both short- and long-term elevation of intraocular pressure (IOP) after extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) and posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC-IOL) insertion is essential for the practicing ophthalmologist.
(5) Almost all the latter physicians were general ophthalmologists.
(6) The patient (and his attorney) blame the eye drops and the prescribing ophthalmologist.
(7) Ophthalmologists treating similar lesions may be able to reduce persistent neovascularization and the associated visual loss by covering the entire lesion with treatment.
(8) The authors stressed that ophthalmologists should not only look for luxation of the lens in children who are suspected of having CMC syndrome.
(9) All practising ophthalmologists in Queensland completed a written survey on their current methods of treatment of pterygia.
(10) While most of the tissue is handled by the Eye Bank of Canada (Ontario Division), ophthalmologists in centers away from the Eye Bank often use local tissue when it is available.
(11) Although further investigation will be necessary to prove a cause-and-effect relationship, ophthalmologists encountering patients with otherwise unexplained cases of retinal vasculitis, or Eales disease, are encouraged to study these patients carefully for the possibility of Borrelia burgdorferi infection.
(12) A team including the neurologist, internist, ophthalmologist, and surgeon optimizes care of the whole disease and not just the symptom.
(13) Orthoptists' results using the simple retinoscopy compared well with the full retinoscopic findings of the ophthalmologists, with an overall sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 74%.
(14) Bacterial corneal ulcer is a potentially blinding emergency which should ideally be treated by an ophthalmologist aided by slit lamp biomicroscopy, microbial stain and cultures, and then selected fortified topical antibiotics.
(15) The program receives consultation from the Children's Vision Services Advisory Committee, consisting of optometrists, ophthalmologists and others in health and education programs.
(16) The patients were followed by a team consisting of a paediatric ophthalmologist, a contact lens optician and an orthoptist.
(17) Injuries caused by foreign bodies that do not penetrate the outer coats of the eye can be treated by the nonspecialist; the intraocular presence of an object requires prompt referral to an ophthalmologist.
(18) It has been shown that an ultrasound system such as the Bronson-Turner Contact B Mode can be added, fruitfully, to the armamentarium of the individual pediatric ophthalmologist.
(19) The mean age at the time of surgery was 72.7 years for the ophthalmologists and 66.4 years for the FACS members.
(20) For the ophthalmologist and otorhinolaryngologist a knowledge of the various therapeutic possibilities is important in order to adjust treatment accordingly.
Optician
Definition:
(a.) One skilled in optics.
(a.) One who deals in optical glasses and instruments.
Example Sentences:
(1) General practitioners initiated referral in 546 cases (49%) and ophthalmic opticians referral in 439 (39%).
(2) The patients were followed by a team consisting of a paediatric ophthalmologist, a contact lens optician and an orthoptist.
(3) In this cataloguq he does not only mention the memorial and prize medals of ophthalmologists but also those of physicists, physiologists, surgeons, opticians who have made a name in the field of ophthalmology.
(4) After examination of the eyes and consultation of an optician, it was decided to measure the animal for a pair of spectacles.
(5) Among the most important landlord firms Southern Cross will have to win over to survive is London & Regional, the investment empire of former optician Ian Livingstone and his chartered surveyor brother Richard.
(6) NHS Nottinghamshire County wants patients to access primary care services via GPs, pharmacists, dentists and opticians and receive "the right care, in the right place, first time".
(7) In looking to the future of optometry and ophthalmology, the author identifies four interacting components--the public, optometrists, ophthalmologists, and eye-health-care manpower, including opticians--which he evaluates.
(8) The paper utilises direct evidence on a number of single modality screening options, including ophthalmoscopy undertaken by general practitioners or ophthalmic opticians, and non-mydriatic photography.
(9) Cosmus Conrad Cuno, a less well known optician and inventor of microscopes from the second half of the 17th century, published in 1734 at Augsburg his Observationes durch dessen verfertigte Microscopia where along with various observations he communicated salient details pertaining to the biology of the head louse.
(10) Seventy patients had glaucoma or incomplete features of glaucoma, all of them referred by ophthalmic opticians.
(11) Until now, low-vision counseling in Switzerland has been provided mainly by opticians and other paramedical personnel.
(12) General practitioners referred many more patients with disorders of the eyelids and adnexa and ophthalmic opticians many more patients with suspected glaucoma.
(13) An empirical section shows that price is 16 percent higher in states that ban optometric and optician price advertising, when examination length, procedures, and office equipment are held constant.
(14) "So we started with hospital comments and then introduced comments on GP practices, and since then we have rolled it out to pretty much every setting: pharmaceutical practices, opticians and walk-in centres.
(15) (A second group of 198 patients with macular degeneration was handled by the optician alone because either macular degeneration was moderate and the patients could manage with simple optical aids, or the patients were in such a bad mental condition, obvious already from the referral documents, that they were unable to use sophisticated aids in spite of the fact that they would have needed them with regard to their poor vision.)
(16) The refractive status of the twin pairs was ascertained by asking the twins to send their latest prescription for glasses to the authors or the refraction was obtained from the ophthalmologists or opticians of the twins.
(17) Students were asked to define the differences among optometrists, ophthalmologists, and opticians.
(18) The results demonstrate that there is a statistically higher prevalence of the majority of acute and also chronic symptoms among dental technicians than among opticians.
(19) The clinical assistants' referral grades formed the reference standard against which to assess the effectiveness of other screening methods including ophthalmoscopy by primary screeners who were general practitioners (GPs), ophthalmic opticians and hospital physicians, and the assessment by consultant ophthalmologists of non-mydriatic Polaroid fundus photography.
(20) During 18 months of follow up new visual and ocular defects among these children were ascertained through ophthalmology outpatients and from optician records.