Cambridge community Optometry Glaucoma Scheme

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 221-227

  Keenan, Jonathan ^a,b   Shahid, Humma ^a   Bourne, Rupert R ^a,b,e,f   White, Andrew J ^a,c,g   Martin, Keith R ^a,c,d  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Diagnosis; Glaucoma; Optometry; Teleophthalmology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GLAUCOMA; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMPHREY PERIMETER; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPTIC DISK; OPTOMETRY; PACHYMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TELEMEDICINE; TELEOPHTHALMOLOGY; TONOMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GLAUCOMA; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTOMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84928604212     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12398     Document Type: Article

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