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MANUAL OF CONTACT LENS PRESCRIBING |
ISBN-10: 0-7506-7517-9 |
AND FITTING WITH CD-ROM, ED 3 |
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-7517-8 |
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Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our knowledge, changes in practice, treatment and drug therapy may become necessary or appropriate. Readers are advised to check the most current information provided (i) on procedures featured or (ii) by the manufacturer of each product to be administered, to verify the recommended dose or formula, the method and duration of administration, and contraindications. It is the responsibility of the practitioner, relying on their own experience and knowledge of the patient, to make diagnoses, to determine dosages and the best treatment for each individual patient, and to take all appropriate safety precautions. To the fullest extent of the law, neither the Publisher nor the Editors assume any liability for any injury and/or damage to persons or property arising out or related to any use of the material contained in this book.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Manual of contact lens prescribing and fitting with CD-ROM / edited by Milton M. Hom; forewords by Milton Hom and Adrian Bruce.—3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-10: 0-7506-7517-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-7517-8
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Contributors
Mike Christensen, OD, PhD
Associate Director
Consumer Products Clinical
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Forth Worth, Texas
Shelley I. Cutler, OD, FAAO
Consulting Optometrist
Department of Contact Lens
Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Robert L. Davis, OD, FAAO
Optometrist
Private Practice
Oak Law, Illinois
Kathryn A. Dumbleton, MSc, MCOptom, FAAO
Senior Research Associate Centre for Contact Lens Research University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Susan Gromacki, OD, MS, FAAO
Private Practice
Burke, Virginia
Gary Gunderson, OD, MS
Associate Professor of Optometry
Illinois College of Optometry
Chicago, Illinois
Lyndon Jones, PhD, FCOptom,
DipCLP, DipOrth, FAAO (DipCL),
FIACLE
Professor
School of Optometry
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Jan Jurkus, OD, MBA, FAAO
(Diplomate), FIALLE
Professor
Department of Clinical Science
Illinois College of Optometry
Chicago, Illinois
Rodger T. Kame, OD, FAAO (deceased)
Associate Professor
Southern California College of Optometry
Fullerton, California
Howard A. Ketelson, PhD
Senior Scientist
Consumer Product Research
Alcon Laboratories Inc.
Fort Worth, Texas
Simon A. Little, PhD, MSc, PgDipLaw,
MCOptom, FAAO, FBDO
Optometrist
Private Practice
Queensland, Australia
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David Meadows, PhD
Senior Director
Consumer Products Research
Alcon Laboratories Inc.
Fort Worth, Texas
Greg Ossip, OD
Adjunct Professor of Optometry
School of Optometry
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
President and CEO
Ossip Optometry
Indianapolis, Indiana
Jerry R. Paugh, OD, PhD
Associate Professor and Director of
Research
Southern California College of
Optometry
Fullerton, California
William H. Ridder, III, OD, PhD
Professor
Department of Basic and Visual Science
Southern California College of
Optometry
Fullerton, California
John M. Rinehart, OD, FAAO
Private Practice
Peoria, Arizona
Charles Roberts, BA, BS, OD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cornea and Contact
Lens
Southern California College of
Optometry
Fullerton, California
Doctor of Optometry
Onishi and Roberts
San Juan Capistrano, California
Ronald L. Schlitzer
Associate Director
Consumer Products Research,
Microbiology
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Forth Worth, Texas
Louise A. Sclafani, OD, FAAO
Associate Professor of Opthamology
Department of Opthamology
University of Chicago Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Joseph P. Shovlin, OD, FAAO
Adjunct Faculty
Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Senior Optometrist
Northeastern Eye Institute
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Peter A. Simmons, PhD, FAAO
Senior Clinical Research Scientist
Department of Ophthalmology Clinical
Research
Allergan
Irvine, California
Christine W. Sindt, OD, FAAO
Assistant Professor of Clinical
Ophtalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Jenny Smythe, OD, MS, FAAO
Associate Professor of Optomerty
Pacific University College of Optometry
Forest Grove, Oregon
Sharon Teague, NCLC, AC
Manager
Academic Affairs
CooperVision, Inc.
Lake Forest, California
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Contributors |
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Michael Ward, MMSc, FAAO |
Ronald K. Watanabe, OD |
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Instructor |
Associate Professor of Optometry |
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Department of Opthamology |
Department of Specialty and Advanced |
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Emory University School of Medicine |
Care |
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Director |
The New England College of |
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Emory Contact Lens Service |
Optometry |
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Emory Eye Center |
Chief, Cornea and Contact Lens Service |
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Atlanta, Georgia |
New England Eye Institute |
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Boston, Massachusetts |
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Craig Woods, BSc (Hons), PhD,
MCOptom, DipCL, FAAO, FVCO
Research Manager
Centre for Contact Lens Research
School of Optometry
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Preface
The first edition of this book was started almost ten years ago. It actually began, as one reviewer astutely observed, as“a labor of love.” What started out as my personal notes on fitting contact lenses has since evolved into one of Elsevier’s bestselling optometry books. Over the past few years, many of you have told me wonderful stories about how this book has helped you serve your patients better. The Manual has always been an account of my personal journey in the specialty that I love. I am grateful that, again, I could share this with you.
My dream for this book is to be cutting edge in every possible way. At the heart of this ideal is the process for choosing the contributors. My new co-editor, Adrian Bruce, played an instrumental role in this process. We have strived to pick the very best authors in their sub-specialty. We love up-and-coming authors who are actively involved in their specialty and can deliver in a timely manner. I was pleasantly surprised to find there are two very welcomed trends in our contributor “demographics.” It is the greater involvement of international authors and women.
At the outset, I authored most of the chapters myself. For the third edition, most of the book is contributed. I am pleased to say that the contributors have done an outstanding job, beyond my wildest dreams. While editing this book, there were times I was in awe of the brilliance behind their words. Their talent is undeniable. The contributors have taken the Manual to much higher levels than I could have achieved on my own.
Milton M. Hom
Many of the advances in this third edition of Manual of Contact Lens Prescribing and Fitting with CD-ROM are reflected in the CD-ROM. For the CD-ROM, Milton and I have endeavored to include the latest and best in computer movie clips of contact lens fittings and clinical techniques.
Contact lenses are literally a dynamic part of eye care, and it is our belief that they are best shown with a multimedia presentation, for example showing a contact lens moving with blinking. This third edition CD-ROM has a new GP lens fitting section, entitled“Fit this patient”where you are able to select a patient, then click on different lenses and see how they fit. Another first is the CD-ROM section on soft lens fitting and the tear film. There is increasing interest from clinicians in helping patients wear soft lenses comfortably for the longer term, and the tear film chapter aims to give the clinician “the keys” to fitting and prescribing soft lenses. Another innovation in this third edition CD-ROM is the clinical techniques section showing clinical use of the
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slitlamp biomicroscope, keratometer, tearscope, retinoscope, vertometer, radiuscope, and tonometer. As Milton said when he first saw the clinical techniques section: “I wish I had this when I was a student!”
Adrian Bruce
How to use the CD-ROM:
When you see this icon ( 
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This book is dedicated to Jill, Jennifer and Zachary Hom; To our parents and grandparents:
Milton and Norma Hom and Katherine Chan Thank you for giving me the years to complete this project.
Milton Hom
To my family, Cathy, James and Lachlan
And my parents, Margaret and David
Adrian Bruce