American Optometric Association Guidelines

Category: Optometry
Conditions: Cataract
Published Date: 1995 (revised 1999; reviewed 2004)
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Category: Optometry
Conditions: Accommodative or vergence dysfunction
Published Date: 1998 (reviewed 2006)
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Conditions: Age-related macular degeneration
Published Date: 1994 (reviewed 2004)
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Category: Optometry
Conditions: Amblyopia
Published Date: 1994 (revised 1998; reviewed 2004)
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Category: Optometry
Conditions: Acute anterior uveitis: Traumatic anterior uveitis Idiopathic anterior uveitis HLA-B27 associated uveitis Behcet's disease/syndrome Lens-associated anterior uveitis Chronic anterior uveitis associated with the following conditions: Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Primary posterior uveitis Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis Complications of anterior uveitis including cataracts glaucoma and macular edema
Published Date: 1997 (revised 1999; reviewed 2004)
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Conditions: Conjunctivitis including the following types:Allergic conjunctivitis (atopic keratoconjunctivitis simple allergic conjunctivitis seasonal conjunctivitis vernal conjunctivitis giant papillary conjunctivitis)Bacterial conjunctivitis (hyperacute acute chronic)Viral conjunctivitis (adenoviral herpetic)Chlamydial conjunctivitisOther forms of conjunctivitis (contact lens-related mechanical traumatic toxic neonatal Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome phlyctenular secondary)
Published Date: 1995 (revised 2002 Nov 8; reviewed 2007)
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Conditions: Ocular and Visual Complications of Diabetes MellitusFunctionalTritan color vision deficienciesRefractive error changesAccommodative dysfunctionVisual field defectsExtraocular Muscle AnomaliesMononeuropathies involving third fourth or sixth cranial nervesPupillary ReflexesSluggish pupillary reflexesConjunctivaBulbar conjunctival microaneurysmsTear FilmTear film deficiencies resulting in dry eye syndromeCorneaReduced corneal sensitivityReduced corneal wound-healing abilityBasement membrane abnormalities resulting in increased frequency of abrasions or recurrent erosion syndromeDescemet's membrane wrinklingEndothelial cell morphology changes often resulting in increased corneal thicknessIrisDepigmentationRubeosis iridis possibly with associated ectropion uvea and peripheral anterior synechiaeNeovascular glaucomaLensHigher prevalence of cataractsReversible opacities and snowflake cataracts (rarely seen in industrialized countries)VitreousHemorrhage in proliferative retinopathyRetinaNonproliferative retinopathyPro
Published Date: 1993 (revised 2002 Aug 17; reviewed 2007)
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Category: Optometry
Conditions: Hyperopia
Published Date: 1997 (reviewed 2006)
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Category: Optometry
Conditions: Myopia:Simple myopia Nocturnal myopia Pseudomyopia Degenerative myopiaInduced myopia
Published Date: 1997 (reviewed 2006)
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Category: Optometry
Conditions: Ocular surface disorders focusing on the two most common clinical forms dry eye and blepharitis
Published Date: 1995 (revised 2002; reviewed 2007)
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Conditions: Primary open angle glaucomaSecondary open angle glaucomaPigmentary glaucomaPseudoexfoliation glaucoma
Published Date: 1995 (revised 2002 Aug 17; reviewed 2007)
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Category: Optometry
Conditions: Presbyopia
Published Date: 1998 (reviewed 2006)
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Category: Optometry
Conditions: Retinal Detachment and Related Peripheral Vitreoretinal Disease Retinal Detachment Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Nonrhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Retinal Breaks Atrophic Retinal Holes Operculated Retinal Tears Horseshoe and Linear Retinal Tears Retinal Dialysis Related Peripheral Vitreoretinal Disease Retinal Tufts Lattice Retinal Degeneration Snail-Track Degeneration Retinoschisis White-Without-Pressure Meridional Folds and Complexes Peripheral Pigmentary Degeneration and Pigment Clumping Peripheral Retinal Hemorrhage Pars Planitis Chorioretinal Scar Posterior Vitreous Detachment
Published Date: 1995 (revised 1999; reviewed 2004)
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Conditions: Strabismus:Esotropia Infantile Esotropia Acquired Esotropia Secondary Esotropia Microesotropia Exotropia Infantile Exotropia Acquired Exotropia Secondary Exotropia Microexotropia
Published Date: 1995 (revised 1999; reviewed 2004)
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Category: Optometry
Conditions: Diseases and disorders of the visual system the eye and associated structures including refractive anomalies (myopia astigmatism presbyopia) cataracts glaucoma diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration
Published Date: 1994 (revised 2005)
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