The field of ocular infectious and inflammatory diseases, broadly known as “uveitis,” has made great progress in the past several years, due partly to scientific and medical advances and partly to dissemination of knowledge and training in this subspecialty. Without a doubt, the pharmacologic armamentarium used to treat ocular inflammation has improved considerably. As well, the overall level of understanding of uveitis among general ophthalmologists has increased, and training is sufficiently widespread that a far greater number of patients now have access to uveitis subspecialists than was previously the case. Most of the credit for this improvement goes to a handful of forward-thinking doctors in this field who took it upon themselves to serve society by educating and training underlings to copy and build on their efforts, in effect creating the subspecialty of uveitis; it is difficult to overstate the plaudits due to them. As a result of their efforts, it is now relatively uncommon to find patients presenting to uveitis clinics with severe ocular complications, cushingoid, and with other corticosteroid side effects, hoping to retain what little sight they have left—an unfortunate circumstance that uveitis practitioners dealt with routinely a decade ago.
John Huang and I are two such underlings, and we met when he joined the Yale ophthalmology faculty and took over the uveitis service in 2007. In one of our first conversations, we both lamented the fact that as fellows training in uveitis, notwithstanding some excellent textbooks in our field, we lacked the benefit of a very practical compendium akin to the Wills Eye Manual and other “on call” guidebooks that we had had as residents in ophthalmology. This book was born of that realization, and it aims to provide the sort of practical, how-to instruction that might allow the growing number of uveitis trainees to at least get a patient on the right track therapeutically before turning to a textbook for more in-depth knowledge. Acknowledging that the sort of chronic care that uveitis therapy entails does not lend itself readily to a quick-reference format, we have attempted to provide information that is likely to be conveniently applicable to the clinical activities of trainees in this field.
The great majority of contributors are part of the Yale Department of Ophthalmology, and we are thankful for their interest and their efforts. We are particularly grateful to Dr. James Tsai, Yale's Chairman of Ophthalmology, for bringing us all together and fostering an environment in which this sort of collaborative effort is achievable. But most of all, we are humbled and inspired by the contribution of our wives, Veena Channamsetty and Duangrat Tongjan, without whose patience and support this project would never have happened.
-- Paul A. Gaudio
Key Features
- Designed for quick point-of-care reference by resident and practicing ophthalmologists and optometrists treating uveitis patients.
- Good review for residents studying for the OKAPs and ophthalmologists studying for the boards.
- Bulleted how-to instructions for workup and treatment of each disorder.
- Over 130 photographs, 97 in full color.
- State-of-the-art coverage of medical and surgical treatment, including drugs expected to be approved in 2010.
Contents
- Chapter 1: Overview and Background of Uveitis and Its Treatment
- Chapter 2: The Immuno-inflammatory Cascade
- Chapter 3: Medical Evaluation of the Uveitis Patient
- Chapter 4: Laboratory Tests Commonly Used in Evaluating Ocular Inflammation
- Chapter 5: Ancillary Diagnostic Testing in Ocular Inflammatory Diseases
- Chapter 6: Grading and Classification of Uveitis
- Chapter 7: Anterior Uveitis
- Chapter 8: Intermediate Uveitis
- Chapter 9: Posterior Uveitis and Panuveitis
- Chapter 10: Retinal Vasculitis
- Chapter 11: Episcleritis, Scleritis, and Keratitis
- Chapter 12: Orbital Inflammation
- Chapter 13: HIV and Intraocular Inflammation
- Chapter 14: Pediatric Uveitis
- Chapter 15: Systemic Diseases Associated with Ocular Inflammation
- Chapter 16: Endophthalmitis
- Chapter 17: Drug-Induced Uveitis
- Chapter 18: Masquerade Syndrome
- Chapter 19: Medical Management of Ocular Inflammation
- Chapter 20: Surgical Management of Complications Related to Uveitis
About the Authors
- John J. Huang MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Director of Uveitis, Director of Clinical Trials and Translational Research, Yale University School of Medicine.
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Paul A. Gaudio MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine.
Product Details
- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 edition (March 24, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781798361
- ISBN-13: 978-0781798365
- Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.5 inches
List Price: $82.50