Community optometrist referral of those aged 65 and over for raised IOP post-NICE: AOP guidance versus joint college guidance - An epidemiological model using BEAP

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1534-1536

  Vernon, Stephen A ^a   Hillman, J G ^a   MacNab, H K ^a   Bacon, P ^a   Van Der Hoek, J ^a   Vernon, O K ^a   Bhargarva, A ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA THICKNESS; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPTOMETRY; PACHYMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MANOMETRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTOMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80054937500     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.194092     Document Type: Article

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